since I bought the book of Annette Golaz I wanted to try some of the plants she has experienced with. Here we go with moringa powder. Actually, I was not completely convinced so I added some yerba mate in smaller quantity compared to usual, and after a first 1h bath in moringa. And we can see that the tannin from moringa were probably exhausted after the first print that went in it as we don’t get the same tones in the last two pictures.
I was browsing the very unorganized archive of negatives scanned more than ten years ago and decided to print some of them with cyanotype. Also tried some toning with tannic acid for some of them.
Here’s a series of cyanotype from 35mm film scanned, converted to bigger digital neg. No specific subject here. Different time for the toning in yerba mate, I guess I was patient enough for the first one, but I also like very much the metallic blue that a shorter time gives. The street of the first picture is in Beaugeancy, and this is where the workshop of an artist specialized with cyanotype on glass is located 😉
Over November and December 2021, city of Massy (France) held a coupe of photo related event. The main course was a two days exhibitions of productions from the local photo club. One of the side event was a visit of the local mosque which had a photo exhibition from Jean-François Noel. Here are a couple of picture I took during this visit. Light condition was not great at all, but with a Rolleiflex, you can shoot at 1/40 and still get something sharp enough.
A couple of cyanotypes to start the new year (actually made them on Jan 1st).
Some details on the process. Classic cyanotype formula with a 10-10 concentration. Printed on CoqLeRouge paper. Developed with citric acid. Toned with Yerba mate at mild temperature (several hours infusion). Toning times are respectively 7, 10 and 15 minutes. Picture is from scanned 35mm negatives. Digital negative printed on inkjet transparent. Used the generic Christina Z Anderson correction curve. First time using it, and I like it already.
Some scans of film. With little processing (mostly dust removal). This is in preparation of printing them with cyanotype.
Continuing to print the plates from the boxes of old dry plates I bought at the international photo fair in Bièvre. This is a very nice portrait. The print itself is probably overexposed, I have to get back to it and reduce the exposure time. But the highlights on the face looks good to me on this one.
This is a cyanotype print of an old silver gelatin dry plate. I really love to shop these old plates and discover some scenery from the early 20th century. They are very often in very good preservation state and completely usable. the contact print gives a very good level of details and it’s a pleasure to watch such picture. Probably not an original statement, but each picture is definitely like a time capsule.
Some prints that are actually a bit too dark when you have them in hand. The toning with coffee and yerba mate gives something close to sepia tones.
Some forest wander with the Washi S film loaded in the Fuji 690GSW. This is a kind of rendering that I particularly appreciate. There’s basically no post processing in these pictures. I’m eager to see what I’ll get under the enlarger.
