Dark Room Works-
Van Dyke Brown Print
Discovering the practice of analog photography was groundbreaking for me. I was familiar with digital photography, but I was always curious about the analog nature and uniqueness of capturing the moment. The time-consuming process of developing analog photographs, the trials of trying to capture each tone perfectly, never felt like a burden but like an adventure that eventually rewards with the precious physical medium.
Van Dyke Brown Print is one of the oldest photochemical printing processes, developed in the 1840s. Paper is hand-coated with a solution of ferric ammonium citrate and silver nitrate, then placed in direct contact with a full-size negative and exposed to sunlight or UV light.
I have been lucky to work in my university’s dark room for my bachelor's studies, creating wonderful and unique pieces with many techniques.
