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Lumen Print 1
Ilford Warmtone Glossy RC
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 2
Ilford Warmtone Glossy RC
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 3
Ilford Warmtone Glossy RC
Lumen Print 4
Ilford Warmtone Glossy RC
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 5
Ilford Warmtone Glossy RC
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 6
Ilford Warmtone Glossy RC
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 7
Ilford Warmtone Glossy RC
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 8
Ilford Warmtone Glossy RC
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 9
Ilford Warmtone Glossy RC
8 x 10 in
Lumen Prit 10
Ilford Warmtone Glossy RC
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 11
Unknown Fiber Paper (possibly an old Forte paper)
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 12
Unknown Fiber Paper (possibly an old Kodak Paper)
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 13
Ilford Cooltone Pearl RC
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 14
Ilford Cooltone Pearl RC
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 15
Ilford Cooltone Pearl RC
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 16
Ilford Cooltone Pearl RC
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 17
Ilford Cooltone Pearl RC
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 18
Unknown Fiber Paper (possibly an old Forte paper)
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 19
Ilford Warmtone Glossy RC
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 20
Kodak Polymax Fine Art Paper
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 21 (Night Sky)
Kodak Polymax Fine Art Paper
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 22
Kodak Polymax Fine Art Paper
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 23
Ilford Multigrade IV Fiber Paper
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 24 (Ecosystem)
Kodak Polymax Fine Art Paper
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 25
Ilford Warmtone Glossy RC
8 x 10 in
Lumen Print 26
Kodak Polymax Fine Art Paper
8 x 10 in

Quarantine created a unique opportunity to explore this process from home. Silver gelatin paper is covered with ephemera and exposed to extensive amounts of sunlight that transforms the surface into unique photograms. Often artists scan the prints from this process before they reach wet processing, digitizing the remarkable colors that would otherwise fade. But with experimentation I've discovered several ways to preserve and even push them in new directions. All of the prints here are toned using small amounts of Gold and/or Selenium. When the prints are finally "fixed" for permanence, they retain these colors with minimal shift.

The darkroom is filled with technical details, but many of the papers I use in this process are quite old and technically imperfect. It's gratifying to find a way to use material that would otherwise be deemed useless.