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List of contents
Foreword by Mike Ware, Preface, Acknowledgements, PART 1, 1. Contexts and Expectations, 2. Chemistry of the Platinum/Palladium Print, 3. Safety, Workspaces, and Procedures, 4. Equipment, Materials, and Chemicals, 5. Preparation of Sensitizer and Processing Solutions, 6. Paper―Its Properties and Choice, 7. Negatives, 8. Making the Print, 9. Archival Processing, Presentation, and Documentation, 10. Looking and Seeing, PART 2 11. Contemporary Practices, Appendix I Troubleshooting, Appendix II Workflow Summaries, Appendix III Glossary, Appendix IV Equipment, Materials and Resources, Appendix V Bibliography and References, Index
About the author
Pradip Malde graduated from the Glasgow School of Art (MA, 1980). He is a professor of Art at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, teaching photography and documentary studies. A Scottish Arts Council Bursary recipient (1990) and a Guggenheim Fellow (2018), he has worked extensively within small rural communities using photography as a citizen-based development tool. His works are held in numerous public collections, including the Scottish National Galleries, Princeton University Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Dr. Mike Ware graduated in chemistry at the University of Oxford (1962). He is an Honorary Fellow in Chemistry, University of Manchester, UK, and a recipient of the Hood Medal of the Royal Photographic Society. His researches on improving historic photographic processes have had a profound impact on creative and historical aspects of photography, and are described in 70 publications. He has consulted for national museums and galleries, exhibited his personal photographic work and conducted workshops worldwide. In 2016 he was awarded the Special Recognition of the American Institute for Conservation.
Summary
Describes the mechanisms and chemistry of platinum/palladium printing in safe, practical ways. Clearly presented formulae allow the printer to work with platinum, palladium, or varying combinations of both. The printed-out image appears fully during exposure, and only requires simple and safe steps for clearing to a stable, archival state.
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"Simple formulae and excellent directions guide you through each step in the process. The book will be a valuable resource for a wide readership. More than a technical manual, Platinotype lays out a creative and philosophic practice―revealed from lens to paper."Meg Partridge, Director, The Imogen Cunningham Trust
"Elegantly written and explained for the novice, advanced amateur, or professional alternative process photographer."Jim Patterson, Photochemist and Experimenter in alternative photography
