The Platinum Print - Photographic Processes Series - Chapter 7 of 12

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The Platinum Print - Photographic Processes Series - Chapter 7 of 12발음듣기

The platinum print comes at the same time that the albumen print is the most commercially successful process.발음듣기

But they’re very different.발음듣기

The platinum print is a matte finish print It’s a neutral color meaning it’s more black looking.발음듣기

The platinum print comes as an attempt to elevate photography as a fine art.발음듣기

The platinum print was invented in 1873 by William Willis and Alfred Clements.발음듣기

It involves using platinum metal.발음듣기

Although there are manufactured papers often times you see very beautiful brush strokes on the paper surrounding the image.발음듣기

That’s an effect of literally brushing the chemistry onto the paper.발음듣기

Museums often mat those out but when I get to look at a print in the archive I open up the mat and I see those brush strokes and I go, ah that’s a platinum print, has to be a platinum print.발음듣기

To me, it’s something really beautiful.발음듣기

So these are examples of platinum prints This is an example of a contemporary photograph made by Craig Barber.발음듣기

And you can see the brush strokes which show where he’s coated the paper with the chemicals.발음듣기

It’s a contact printing process.발음듣기

So you produce the negative to whatever size you want the final print to be.발음듣기

You would place it in contact with the sensitized paper and expose with sunlight and after exposure a faint image would appear.발음듣기

Once you place the photograph in the developer the image is fully realized.발음듣기

This is a platinum print by Frederick Evans who was a master of the process.발음듣기

I think one of the most beautiful examples of a platinum print.발음듣기

You can see the characteristics of the process.발음듣기

It has a matte finish and a very long tonal range.발음듣기

Frederick Evans was an aesthete.발음듣기

They called themselves Pictorialists and made beautiful photographs.발음듣기

The Pictorialists were looking for something that was not garish something that was more painterly.발음듣기

The image sits in the paper rather than on the paper.발음듣기

Platinum gives you a broader tonal range than any other process even digital today I would argue.발음듣기

The platinum print is often called ‘The King’ of photographic prints.발음듣기

It is regal because of the metals.발음듣기

They’re called noble metals, gold, platinum.발음듣기

Not everybody can do this process because it’s very expensive and it actually dies out around World War I because they need platinum for the war effort.발음듣기

But one of the things about the platinum print that’s very special is that it’s a very permanent print.발음듣기

Platinum prints don’t fade.발음듣기

They may yellow in the highlights because of bad processing but the image never fades.발음듣기

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