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The Last Layer: New methods in digital printing for photography, fine art, and mixed media
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The Last Layer: New methods in digital printing for photography, fine art, and mixed media

by Bonny Pierce Lhotka
March 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
320 pages
8h 43m
English
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11. Chlorophyll Emulsion Process

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While researching historical photographic methods, I came upon William Herschel’s processes that used a light-sensitive emulsion created from plants. He created his anthotype images when he coated paper with the juice extracted from leaves, and then exposed them to sunlight to bleach out the emulsion. Because these images continue to bleach out when exposed to light (since there is no way to fix the emulsion as there is with traditional photography), there are very few vintage examples left in existence.

I love the fine texture and natural feel of these images, but the simple compositions were of a leaf or other ...

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