The Ho Ho Holter! Christmas Sale
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This will be my 10th year participating in the Holter Museum's Ho Ho Holter! Christmas Sale, November 12th thru December 31st. This year I am finally showing off some of my hand made Palladium prints. Although I am known for my color photographs, my true love has always been Black and White prints. I compare Color images to a movie and Black and White to the original book. The Black and White image leaves more to the viewer’s imagination.
I am inspired by the beautiful Palladium prints of Edward Curtis and Edward Weston. In creating my Palladium prints I strive for timelessness. I encourage the viewer to question; How old are the images? I invite the viewer to contemplate; How are these prints different from traditional B&W prints? I hope you will also fall in love with Palladium prints
Information on my Process
Archival Hand Coated Palladium Prints
After eight years I am close to perfecting my method of Palladium print making. This finicky 170 year old process has a multitude of variables. I stuck with Palladium print making for a couple of reasons: the prints are the ultimate in archival quality, capable of lasting hundreds of years, and I love the look of the chocolate browns.The process I follow to make these prints follows: In the darkroom I use a paint brush to hand coat acid free French watercolor paper with a light sensitive Palladium solution. I place the negative directly on the coated paper to make a contact print (enlargers do not emit enough light to print Palladium). I expose the paper to light, then develop, wash and dry the print. The print is now stable under all types of conditions, no longer sensitive to light or atmospheric contaminants. The Palladium will remain unchanged even if the paper disintegrates around it. The final step is to frame this archival print using a hinged mat and other acid free materials.
