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Monobath Film Developing
If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it’s as though I’ve neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up.
-Richard Avedon
PYROGALLOL (PYRO)
It has been said that there is nothing that can compare to a full-scale black and white negative properly developed in pyrogallol (pyro). Whether this is true there is no question that negatives developed in pyro exhibit exceptionally sharp edges and delicate highlight detail.
There was a time when pyro was the developer universally used by photographers. But the advantages of pyro were often offset by the disadvantages. Besides being subject to rapid oxidization, pyro can cause inconsistent staining and streaking ...
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