Yosemite by Takeshi Shikama, platinum palladium print on gampi paper This picture is part of the Sil
Yosemite by Takeshi Shikama, platinum palladium print on gampi paper This picture is part of the Silent Respiration of Forests serie, which explored the brooding forests of Japan and US. The platinum palladium technique gives the photographer endless possibilities to craft the image. This process allows the opportunity to combine both the power and precision of modern technologies with the charm and passion contained in the oldest photographic processes. One of the advantages of this technique is the impregnation of finely divided platinum and palladium salts into the paper’s fibers - allowing the image to be as long sustaining as the fine paper the image is printed on. In addition, it is an extremely slow print-by-contact method requiring very strong UV light, and requiring that the negative be the same size as the desired print. Check the whole process video here -- source link
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