The Platinum Print Room

George eastman house.

The platinum print room.

The platinum salt emulsion is embedded into the fiber of the paper during the printing process. Platinum palladium printing photography black and white platinum prints from digital negatives platinum prints for sale platinum prints irving penn platinum prints from digital files platinum photo prints platinum print photograph platinum printing services magnum print room laboratorio di stampa al platino stampatore al platino e palladio fotografia in bianco e nero stampa. Compared to inkjet or even traditional darkroom prints a platinum print is relatively expensive. As with most historical photographic processes a platinum print is made by placing the negative and emulsion coated paper in direct contact.

Unlike the silver print process platinum lies on the paper surface while silver lies in a gelatin or albumen emulsion that coats the paper. William willis had patented a viable platinum process in 1873. Second there is no silver bullet for learning the process. As a result since no gelatin emulsion is used the final platinum image is absolutely matte with a deposit of.

The studio has the capability to create prints from multiple sources such as the historic glass negatives of jacques henri lartigue through all the many generations of film negatives positives and prints on to present day digital files. Platinum platinum palladium printing. I estimate that exposing an 8 10 negative and printing on 11 14 paper runs about 12 13. The platinum printroom we are specialist printers of platinum and platinum palladium prints.

Therefore the size of the photographic print is equal to the size of the negative. When 31 studio was established by paul caffell it was the first specialist platinum print workshop to be set up in the united kingdom. Paul recovered a photographic process that had been hugely important at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Platinum prints are as elegant as they are permanent.

Home about us history exhibitions 2020 exhibitions 2019 exhibitions 2018 exhibitions 2016 exhibitions 2015 exhibitions 2014 older magazine articles films publications collections contact us links. Home about us history exhibitions 2020 exhibitions 2019 exhibitions 2018 exhibitions 2016 exhibitions 2015 exhibitions 2014 older magazine articles films publications collections contact us links. The process has an extended tonal range and deeper blacks compared to other photographic prints. One of the most distinctive qualities of a platinum print is that the image is in the paper not on its surface much like the ink in a lithograph or an etching.

Platinum prints also called platinotypes are photographic prints made by a monochrome printing process involving platinum. A 25ml bottle of platinum solution runs about 200. Platinum platinum palladium printing. Platinum tones range from warm black to reddish brown to expanded mid tone grays that are unobtainable in silver prints.

The 1537 first edition is much more costly and is featured in our platinum room.