Hi folks,
here we go again with another “The Story Behind” post :)

One of my premises for the new year is that I want to start again working with alternative processes. After a very long break, almost 8 years, I started last Sunday to create a bromoil image.
I really have enjoyed to create it, all the preparations and then the work itself.

A paint brush instead of a mouse, a sheet of paper instead of a screen… like a travel back in time… the process itself as a whole unit, making me being a part of it, with every brush move, with every break to look at it and every decision where to reveal more of the hidden beauty and make a unique piece of art… that’s something I enjoy again and again.

The preparation was a bit “modern” as I have created a digital negative to start working.

A good ressource how to create such negatives is the book
Digital Negatives by Ron Reeder and Brad Hinkel.

A digital negative, prepared in Photoshop, allows you to skip the dark room time developing the negatives-getting straight to a variety of printing processes including silver, platinum, and a host of other “alternative” processes.

The book also includes a number of fine art and practical process illustrations, such as how to create a Becquerel contact Daguerreotype from a RAW file.
I strongly recommend this book for every alternative process artist who is ready to move from litho film and pyro developer to digtial contact negative production.

Give it a try, you won’t regret.

The photographic medium I have used is also self made, Hahnemühle Etching paper and FOMA liquid emulsion to create the light sensistive medium.

The bromoil process is best explained here. It’s still valid, even after 100 years!

All in one, it was an exciting experience to combine the modern with the classic and achieve the result as shown above.

Featuring model is Kat Love.

I’m really happy :-)

Take care,
Vernon Trent

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