#negative processing

[natejordon]

RESTORING 70-YEAR-OLD SLIDES & NEGATIVES

Here's a few more restored images from 1952 I've developed recently. My great-grandparents sent these images to my granddad while he was in the Korean War.

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[chimneyflower]

An introduction to the gum bichromate process by Peter J. Blackburn via alternative photography.com

1. Union Pacific No. 2225, 1990 © Original image made on Agfa RSX slide film

2. Union Pacific No. 2225, 1998 © The slide was converted to an enlarged negative and gum printed-this example is a one-coat print using a lamp black pigment.

3. Union Pacific No. 2225, 1998 © For this example, a higher gum ratio was used to deliberately produce flaking during development creating mood. The print was then watercolored while still damp.

4. Union Pacific No. 2225 Mosaic, 1999 © In this surreal version, several gum prints were made using blues, browns and blacks, cut into pieces and assembled. Gouache was added as the final touch.