At its core the reproduction of the printed word is usually a process which is based on relief printing. Historically (as things are now different),… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 46: A Marriage of Convenience — The Half-Tone Relief Process
This week’s Inspiring Illustrations post about photography is on the topic of the somewhat less noble yet very prolific format of the postcard. As a… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 40: The Photographic Postcard
The medium of the Gelatin Silver Print was developed (no pun intended) in 1873 and was in general use by the 1880s. This type of… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 36: the Gelatin Silver Print
At first glance many would mistake the sepia tones of a woodburytype print with the very prolific 19th century process of the albumen print. There… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 26: a marriage of gelatin, lead, pigment and paper — The Woodburytype
Thinking at an elementary level about photographic processes, one can associate the physical makeup of photographs with the romance and glamour of precious metals such… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 24: the Humble Carbon Print
This week’s inspiring illustrations post is about a photo-mechanical process which I’ve always found to be one of the most evocative ways or reproducing photographs… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 22: the beauty of the photogravure
This week’s illustration post is a wonderful blend of the earlier photographic and the highly skilled engraving arts of the 19th century. The beautiful engravings… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 20: Excursions daguerriennes (1842)
