2. What are Alternative
Photographic Processes?
Photographic processes that are not in massive use, such as digital
photography, iPhoneography, etc.
Historical photographic processes ,contemporary variations of
historic processes and new inventive (DIY) processes are
considered to be alternative photographic processes ,
3. Examples of historic
photographic processes
Heliography
Physautotype
Photogenic Drawing (Photograms)
Daguerreotype
Albumen & Salt Prints
Cyanotype
Wet Plate Collodion (Ambrotypes & Tintypes)
Crystoleum / American Ivorytype / Chrysotype / Ivorytype /
Opalotype
Kallitype & Van Dyke Brown
Stereo photography
4. Examples of contemporary
photographic processes
35mm Ambrotype
3D Anaglyph Photography & Lenticular Analog Print
Acrylic gel lift and transfer
Becquerel Daguerreotype
Caffenol Photography
Cross Processing
Liquid Light Emulsion
Lith Print
Pinhole Photography
X-Ray (Radiology) Art Photography
5. What Do You Need?
Light sensitive agent
Bearer
Binding agent
A dark space
Light
Developer
Fixer
Preservation means
6. Light Sensitive Agent
Silver & Salt
Plants & Fruits
Iodine
Bitumen
Potassium ferricyanide
Ammonium persulfate
Red mercuric oxide
Digital sensor
Polymer
Etc.
14. Photography Pioneers
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
William Henry Fox Talbot
Louis-Jacques Mandé Daguerre
Hippolyte Bayard
Frederick Scott Archer
Lumière brothers
Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard
Sir John Herschel
Anna Atkins
Steven Sasson
The process; not the results is what matters…
15. Books
The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes, by Christopher James
Primitive Photography: A Guide to Making Cameras, Lenses, and Calotypes by Alan Greene
The History of Photography: From 1839 to the Present by Beaumont Newhall
A Guide to Early Photographic Processes by Brian Coe and Mark Haworth-Booth
Photographs of the Past, Process and Preservation by Bertrand Lavédrine
Photo-Imaging: A Complete Visual Guide to Alternative Techniques and Processes by Jill
Enfield
Photography Beyond Technique by Tom Persinger
From pinhole to print by Malin Fabbri, Gary Fabbri and Peter Wiklund
Coming Into Focus: A Step-by-Step Guide to Alternative Photographic Printing Processes by
John Barnie
Digital Negatives: Using Photoshop to Create Digital Negatives for Silver and Alternative
Process Printing
by Brad Hinkel and Ron Reeder
Handbook of Non-Toxic Intaglio by Henrik Bøegh