#40 Jim Fitzgerald's Depth Of Carbon
“A traditional photographer, Jim specialises in monochrome Carbon Transfer Contact Printing from in camera negatives. Carbon Transfer printing, a process perfected by Joseph Swan in 1864, is a highly labour intensive process that yields prints of the finest quality. The artist has total control of the image tonality due to the creative blending of pigments used to manufacture the carbon tissue which is used to complete his vision. From this tissue the image is born. Carbon prints require a minimum of four or more days work to produce one finished print. Truly a labor of love and passion. Jim teaches carbon transfer printing and offers workshops in his studio/darkroom at his home in Vancouver Washington”. Things we chatted about on the show: Jim got his inspiration from his friend Vaughn who runs workshops with Jim in Yosemite National Park. http://vaughnhutchins.com/ Making negatives from PyrocatHD a very popular staining developer much favoured by all who use alternative photographic processes. Andrew uses Wet Plate Supplies for ready mixed PyrocatHD here are some links. https://www.pyrocathd.5x4.co.uk/ http://www.wetplatesupplies.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=pyrocathdax=0ay=0 For more on Carbon Printing, and indeed Pyro developers check out Sandy King’s site. https://sandykingphotography.com/resources/technical-writing/carbon-transfer-process We discussed cinematographer Karl Struss and the unique look he got from lenses (soft focus) and he was very close to Alfred Stieglitz and the pictorial movement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Struss Mark Osterman of Eastman House keeps getting mentioned and again in show 40. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-osterman-04594b2a Erik has mentioned Kelly-Shane Fuller before, he was the chap who managed to get Kodachrome to sort of come back to life. https://emulsive.org/articles/darkroom/developing-film/they-took-my-kodachrome-away-so-i-brought-it-back And we give Chroma Camera a shout out. https://chroma.camera/ Jim’s links Website. https://www.jimscarbonartphotography.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011330777143 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/carbonfitzgerald/ Other News The Six Towns Darkroom was OPEN but is now CLOSED due to the current National lockdown. LFPP links - https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/ ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast You can join in the fun at our Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2296599290564807/ And now our Flikr group curated by Colin Devroe https://www.flickr.com/groups/lfpp/ Get Twitter updates for the show from Andrew – https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper Or from Simon – https://twitter.com/simonfor Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast largeformatphotographypodcast@gmail.com Podcast Hosts Social Media presence Simon Forster www.classiclensespodcast.com www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk https://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/ https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/ https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/ https://twitter.com/SimonFor Andrew Bartram https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast https://andrewbartram.wordpress.com https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper_pinholes https://www.flickr.com/photos/warboyssnapper/ https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper Erik Mathy A not updated website. https://www.erikmathy.com/about IG probably best for all things including rabbits. https://www.instagram.com/erikhmathy/?hl=en