Silver

Silver prints, usually referred to as "black and white prints", are coated with a halogen compound such as bromide, iodine and silver that provide the light sensitive material necessary to create an image - thus the term SILVER PRINTS. This coating, which is referred to as the emulsion, is applied to two different mediums: fiber-based paper and resin coated (RC) paper.

I use a double weight fiber-base paper for all my silver prints because it produces a better-looking image and is more archival.

Non-Silver

During the 1840s, a great number of photographic printing processes were developed which were based on the light sensitivity of metals other than silver. The non-silver processes that I use for my images can be divided into two groups: the ferric (iron) processes, which are cyanotype, platinum and palladium, and the kallitype (van dyke) brown printing; and the second group, dichromate (or bichromate) processes, which includes the gum printing process.

Hand Colored

My latest images are hand colored black and white prints. I have been experimenting using black and White infrared film, using Marshall's Photo Oils, I hand color portions of the photograph. I enjoy hand colored photographs because each one is unique and slightly different. They seem to taking on an iridescent surreal glow. I am very excited about these images as they remind of my early 1950's oil painting days. The prints and the oil colors are archival and will last a very long time.