Platinum Printing
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| The Process |
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| Prints are generally available from my "Vermont" and "People and Places" portfolios. They are produced in limited editions of 24 prints plus 4 artist's proofs. After the edition is complete, the image is retired. Please note: all of the images on this website are scans of actual prints, not digital files colorized to have a Platinum / Palladium "look". The result gives a certain softness to the images and no RGB display can accurately describe a real photographic print. Please contact me directly at 802-489-5098 for edtion availability and costs. |
| Although difficult and costly to create, Platinum / Palladium prints are the sine qua non of photographic print making. Platinum / Palladium prints are loved by photographers and treasured by collectors and investors because of their tonal range, the surface quality and their permanence. The unique beauty of a Platinum / Palladium print involves a broad scale of tones from black to white. The delicate, rich platinum tones range from warm black, to reddish brown, to expanded mid-tone grays that are unobtainable in silver or Inkjet prints The Platinum / Palladium process starts when Ferric Oxalate, a light sensitizer, is mixed with Platinum and Palladium metal salts, which are then brushed on to a sheet of water color paper. Once the prepared sheet has dried, a negative the same size as the finished print is laid on top of the sheet and then exposed to intense UV light reducing the metal salts to a ferric state. The print is then developed in Potassium Oxilate and goes through a series of several clearing and washing baths to ensure absolute archival stability. Platinum and Palladium, like gold, are considered Noble Metals and are extremely stable. A Platinum print can last for centuries. Portraits rendered in Platinum / Palladium will become priceless family heirlooms for many generations to come. |