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the turn to caffenol « Previous | |Next »
October 15, 2013

The reaction against digital photography continues to gather momentum.

An example is Lumen Magazine run by Gabriel Van Ingen based in Nottingham in the UK. He has made the turn to using alternative/historical processes including caffenol, which is popular with analogue b/w film enthusiasts due to its versatility, non-toxic compounds, and unique environmentally friendly footprint.

VaningenGlandscape.jpg Gabriel Van Ingen, untitled, landscape

He outlines his way of working thus:

With wet plate collodion I can make a glass negative with the plate camera or the 10×8 using the wet plate collodion process. Once I have dried the plate I can then contact print onto fibre based paper and develop it in caffenol. With the Platinum printing process I shoot large format 10×8 negatives and develop them in Caffenol. Then I contact print those to make Platinum prints which have the most amazing tones and detail.

This turn to caffenol is happening in Adelaide with Port Adelaide based photographers Tony Kearney and Danica Gacesa McLean's Mug Shot series.

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 9:41 AM |