The cyanotype is a slow-reacting, economical photographic printing formulation sensitive to a limited near ultraviolet and blue light spectrum, the range 300 nm to 400 nm known as UVA radiation. It produces a cyan-blue print used for art as monochrome imagery applicable on a range of supports, and for reprography in the form of blueprints. and only water to develop and fix. Announced in 1842, it is still in use.
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The cyanotype was discovered, and named thus, by Sir John Herschel who in 1842 published his investigation of light on iron compounds, expecting that photochemical reactions would reveal, in form visible to the human eye, the infrared extreme of the electromagnetic spectrum detected by his father and the ultra-violet or ‘actinic’ rays that had been discovered in 1801 by Johann Ritter. Though Döbereiner had published in 1831 in German on the light-sensitivity of ferric oxalate, of which Herschel became aware during his visit to Hamburg, it is too lightly toned to form a satisfactory image and would require a second reaction to make a permanent print.
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i love how this turned out because of how bright and colorful it is with the pink and purple , and how you can kinda see like bits of my hair and hand etc. And how the cuts are very straight and rigid , it adds to the photo. and its a very abstract photo , the space represented is mostly used except from the white bits but i think it adds more to it. i think the most bit of the photo that strikes the most is the places where the purple and pink lap over. i like how effective this photo is but i think what doesnt work so well in this photo is the bottom where theres a big bit of just purple. |
i like how this turned out and how the string and scissors are placed and how its not ruining the photo and adding more to it , i think this is a more abstract image , this photo reminds me of an old timey kinda photo. the equipments i used for this photo was in the dark room i used light sensitive paper and scissors , string and a perfume bottle lid. and the process we had to leave it in this liquid for a while so it could develop. And how the textures are with the photo and the black and white and how its kinda grainy. |
This is one of Cindy Shermans photographs from untitled film stills, this photograph was called 'Untitled film still #13'. the genre of this photo is mainly an old timed photo being black and white, and the camera positions waist level, she's not in the centre of the photograph, the books kinda being the focus of the photo while she's off to the side, it's a candid photo of her.
It was taken in 1978, the image consists with the time it was taken because of how it was taken in black and white. And how she's in white so she pops out more while the books kinda sink into the back while still being one of the main focuses. and you can see it looks like she's not taking much attention with the camera and seems like she's looking up at someone showing that its a candid photograph. Even though you cannot see the person she's looking at you can tell she's looking up at someone, leaving it kinda mysterious. And with all her other photographs from this "Untitled film stills" they're all in black and white and all the same style with the black and white and the kinda oldie candid photographs and with how the books are set in a way as its like short tall short tall etc. And whats she's wearing looks like a uniform showing that this photo is based in a school, maybe a school library and with another one of her photos they're always her looking away from the camera like she's looking at something , she's never looking straight at the camera or like even over the camera its like the camera isn't even there for her. I really enjoy Cindy Shermans work , its so basic but not at the same time, like it looks like a photograph that isn't like a photograph , like its in real time? Its very like looks like just one shot, it probably wasn't buy it looks like she just took one photo and was just like yeah thats good. its like done so effortlessly. |