Gum Bichromate: Alternative Photo Printing
UV exposure
A course by Tipia Lab , Specialists in Chemical Photography
About the video: UV exposure
Overview
“Now we are going to give you a series of tips and recommendations for correct exposure to ultraviolet light and we will explain how to align your negative.”
In this video lesson Tipia Lab addresses the topic: UV exposure, which is part of the Domestika online course: Gum Bichromate: Alternative Photo Printing. Learn how to expose your images to sunlight then develop them with water using this creative printing technique that combines photography and painting.
Partial transcription of the video
“UV exposure In this lesson, we will learn how to expose our dichromated rubber in UV light. The first thing is that we will take our negative and with the marks that we made previously, we will align. In this way, we take into account our brands in every corner. Now, with the help of a bit of tape, we will fix it in the corners. Once we have fixed the corners, we are going to use our glass and table. It will be our contact framework. The important thing is that it makes very good pressure, because if you don't build enough pressure, blur marks will remain on our copy. For that, we can also ...”
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Course summary for: Gum Bichromate: Alternative Photo Printing
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, DIY, Film Photography, Fine Arts, Printing
Tipia Lab
A course by Tipia Lab
Tipia Lab is a workshop school of traditional and alternative chemical photography, founded by Mario Nieto and Katalina Fuentes, which focuses primarily on the 19th century technique of gum bichromate. Both artists have specialized in chemical imaging for more than 20 years and are passionate about the research of alternative photographic processes.
The name comes from the Greek "typos" related to printing, or the art of copying. Their goal is the preservation of knowledge so that new generations have the opportunity to know and work from an analog and traditional perspective. Through their career, they have collaborated with Fujifilm, among other notable brands.
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