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Ink fills the crevaces of a lithographic engraving detail on a carrera marble stone. To the left small bubbles of hydrogen, leftovers from etching with nitric acid, can be seen.

 

Shot with a smartphone camera through a loupe magnifier, the photo is just a single frame of a video depicting a unique photosensitive lithography process. The process itself is akin to the 19th century photography with its use of albumen and ammonium dichromate and a darkroom. UV light is used for irradiating the photosensitive material creating a magical setting in the darkroom, all of which can be seen in the video: youtu.be/O9iJQZbuXnI (the frame in the photo can be seen around 3:20).

 

This technique and many others are described on the lithographer's website: litografia.pl

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Uploaded on October 22, 2018
Taken on August 10, 2018