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"Sage#32" historical Palladium process print on imported French Arches art paper. One of a kind fine art work.I am just beginning the process of listing an extensive body of work of historical prints, & this is the only version of this image,I am unlikely to produce any more similar to this as currently studio space it diminished. ARTIST'S STATEMENT I have studied traditional black & white photography with a number of academic professors over the years since the 1970s.All of my images are captured on black & white film.I have also studied in the same academic settings, the history of photography & therefore historical processes since the mid 19th century.One person I feel important in this context is Sir John Herschel who in 1839 coined the word "photography" from the Greek "photo",light, & "graph" to write, in other words to "write with light.Herschel also invented the Cyanotype process a very early photography process & one of the first historical processes I learned.Since learning that process I have added many other historical processes that require UV light to print & therefore must be printed in the sun or some other source of UV light.Also in the historical context the cameras that I use are also at least 50 to120 years old, they range from 35mm up to 8x10 format cameras, again all using black & white film.I develop all film myself, & the combinations of the hundreds of different films & developers are endless & contribute to the artistic process of creating a physical fine art photograph.Once the film is developed the negatives are used to produce one of the historical process prints on a variety of art paper many times watercolor paper, creating a one of a kind print that is impossible of replication.Much of the developed film is scanned & digital prints can be made from these in unlimited editions .The works I will be offering here are therefore initially captured with vintage equipment & then processed in the natural world using the "magic" of physics & organic chemistry. What I hope to offer here are images in hard copy & printed as described above, & curated based on selection previously either by publication in art magazines, or selected for juried gallery shows, or some way selected as meaningfully by others. I offer for your consideration my work as a photographic artist. Fine Art Photography Historical Process Palladium Print On Qualitydeckle Edge Imported French Cotton Paper 9.5x13 Signed One Of A Kind
