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Index
Front Cover
Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Ideas, Materials, and Processes
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Why We Make Photographs: Ideas and History That Affect Photographic Printmaking
The Language of Photography
Early Printmaking Modifications
Modern Approaches in Printmaking
Having a Sense of History
Roles Photography Can Play
Questions
Additional Information
Chapter 2. Safety
Basic Safety Procedures
Contact Allergies and Chemical Sensitivities
Disposing of Chemistry
Protecting Yourself and Your Computer
Additional Information
Chapter 3. Special-Use Films and Processing
Film and the Photographer
General Working Procedures for Film Processing
Kodak High Speed Infrared Film 2481 and 4143
Extended Red Sensitivity Film: Ilford SFX 200
Kodak Recording Film
Additional Methods to Heighten Grain and Contrast
Kodak Technical Pan Roll Films
Ilford PAN F PLUS Ultra-Fine Grain B/W Film
Kodak Professional B/W Duplicating Film SO-132
High-Contrast Litho Films
Other Graphic Arts Films
High-Speed Films: Kodak T-MAX P3200 and Ilford Delta 3200 Professional
Paper Negatives and Positives
Reversing Black-and-White Film
Film for Classic Cameras
Processing Black-and-White Film for Permanence
Polaroid Instant Films
Additional Information
Chapter 4. Formulas of Your Own
Prepared Formulas versus Mixing Your Own
Basic Equipment
Chemicals
Preparing Formulas
Additional Information
Chapter 5. Black-and-White Film Developers
What Happens to Silver-Based Films during Exposure and Processing?
Image Characteristics of Film
Components and Characteristics of Black-and-White Developers
Liquid versus Powder Chemistry
Basic Developer Types
Postdevelopment Processes
Film Developer Formulas and Their Applications
Why Bother?
Additional Information
Chapter 6. Analog Printmaking: Equipment, Materials, and Processes
The Analog Printmaking Process
Printing Equipment
Standard Printing Materials
Special Printing Materials
Processing Prints for Permanence
Additional Information
Chapter 7. Black-and-White Paper Developers
Paper versus Film Developers
Components of Black-and-White Silver Print Developers
Other Processing Factors
Controlling Contrast during Development
Matching Developer and Paper
Developer Applications and Characteristics
Other Paper Developer Formulas
Additional Information
Chapter 8. Toning for Visual Effects
Processing Controls
Basic Types of Toners
Processing Prints to Be Toned
General Working Procedures for Toners
Brown Toners
Blue Toners
Red Toners
Green Toners
Toning Variations
Additional Information
Chapter 9. Special Cameras and Equipment
What Is a Camera?
Toy Cameras: the Diana and the Holga
The Pinhole Camera
Disposable Cameras
Expanding the Angle of View
Panoramic Cameras
Sequence Cameras
Special-Use Cameras
Stereoscopic Photography
Stroboscopic Photography
Underwater Equipment and Protection
Chapter 10. An Introduction to Some Widely Used Alternative Processes
About Paper
Cyanotype Process
Kallitype and Vandyke Brownprint Processes
Platinum and Palladium Processes
Gum Bichromate Process
Electrostatic Processes: Copy Machines
Additional Information
Chapter 11. Altering Photographic Concepts: Expansion of the Lexicon
Hand-Altered Work
Photograms
Cliché-Verre
Extended Camera Exposures
Postcamera Techniques: In Search of Lost Time
Multiple-Exposure Methods
Fabrication: Making Things Happen for the Camera
Composite Variations
Processing Manipulation: Reticulation
Hand-Coloring
Airbrushing
Transfers and Stencils
Chapter 12. Photography and Computers
What Is a Digital Computer?
What Is a Digital Image?
A Brief History of Digital Images: 1960 to 1998
Why the Computer?
Digital Ethics and Copyright
Creating Digital Images
Color Conversion/Color Matching
Memory
Software
Major File Types
Storage Media
Digital Possibilities: Computer as Multimedia Platform
Hypertext and the World Wide Web
The End of the Wet Darkroom?
Additional Information
Chapter 13. Digital Input and Output
What Is Digital Imaging?
Input and Output
Output Devices: Presenting the Digital Image
Combining Digital and Traditional Techniques
The Future of Digital Imagemaking and the Expressive Imagemaker
Additional Information
Index
Color Plate Section
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