Alternative Process Handbooks

The latest edition of my Alternative and Historic Processes Handbook is available for download here, if you need a copy. Note that I'd like to use more of your images to illustrate it, so send me scans of any you feel would be appropriate.

Alternative and Historic Processes: A Handbook for Photographers.


This is also available through myUCA and as a hard copy in the library - see shelf no. XX(281820.1)

Recommended Reading:
Below is the bibliography from my handbook.  I particularly recommend the Christopher James book.  It's expensive (about £40 from Amazon) but it's very detailed, covers almost everything you can think of and it's written in an accessible, enjoyable style. It's also filled with inspiring images from a great number of contributors and cogent discussion of the motivation and meaning behind the artists' work.

Adams, Ansel,The Print. 1983. New York Graphic Society

Anon. Argyrotype With Fotospeed. 2001. Fotospeed.

Anon. Polaroid Image Transfer.  1989. Polaroid Ltd. 

Busselle, Julien. 2000.  Printing Special Effects. Rotovision

Ephraums, Eddie.  Creative Elements - Landscape Photography Darkroom Techniques 1993. 21st Century Ltd.

Ephraums, Eddie.  Gradient Light. - The Art & Craft of Using Variable Contrast Paper. 1994, Working Books Ltd.

Fielding, Dennis. The Cyanotype.  Article in ‘Darkroom User’, Foto Format Publications. 1996/5

James, Christopher. The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes (2nd ed) Delmar. 2009

Langford, Michael. 2003.  Advanced Photography, 6th Edition. Focal Press

Langford, Michael et al. 2007.  Langford’s Basic Photography, 8th Edition. Focal Press

Millard, Howard, 1998. Liquid Emulsion. Article in ‘Darkroom User’, Foto Format Publications. 1998/3

Reed, Martin & Webb, Randall. 1999.  Spirits of Salts. A Working Guide To Old Photographic Processes. Argentum. 

Sanderson,  Andrew. 2002.  Hand Colouring and Alternative Darkroom Processes. Rotovision