The original photo of Clermont-Ferrand (bw)
This is the cyanotype version toned with coffee without bleach step. Paper is Fabriano Artistico HP (doesn’t stain much).
See Clermont-Ferrand:
and Thiers:
Category: alternative photography
Legs
Everything started with a joke made by my medical doctor: “You know what is common to a smoker and the Müllertal (touristic region in Luxembourg)? Be(e)fort.”
Befort is a small town with a nice castle and a famous liquor made from blackcurrant.
Beefort means “Leg gone” (amputeted).
Inspired by an old postcard saying “Best greetings from the Müllertal” I changed to “Best greetings from smoker valley”. Writing in Sütterlin handwriting.
Some more images (mixed media: cyanotype, stamping, drawing, use of CT) by the same subject.
New fun!
Experimenting with cyanotypes. Recipes from an old book I bought as a secondary schoolboy:
J. M. Eder: Rezepte, Tabellen und Arbeitsvorschriften für Photographie und Reproduktionstechnik, Verlag von Wilhem Knapp, Halle (Saale), 1942, 18.-19. Auflage.
A book full of funny stuff!!
cyano, bleached in NaOH, toned in coffee
image from CT negative
More old techniques: cliché-verre
cyano, bleached in NaOH, toned in coffee
A combined print from CT negative and transparent from positive photo of letterpress metal furniture. Same technique.
Similar, but bleached with Na2CO3:
More, this time cliché-verre and CT:
Carlo Krier 