the end

This is a summary of my alt processes work.
I see a camera as an extension of the eye; something that allows us to see beyond the ordinary.
These processes feel the same. They turn a seemingly normal world into a warped pinhole dreamscape; a field into a painterly blue landscape; a dead leaf into veins flowing with color.

And collodion...excuse me while I go write a love poem.

"That's the thing about collodion; it has this sort of reverential, spiritual aspect to it. It's contemplative; it has a kind of gravitas to it. It's almost like some sort of Holy Communion." -Sally Mann

View all of this (and more!) on my blog, No.7

Compilation of Alternative Processes Work - Fall 2014

 Garbage Print, Lumens

 PBR Can Selfie, Pinhole Camera

Trees, Salted Silver Print

 Creepy Snow Hause, Van Dyke Brown 

 Low Contrast Cyanotypes

 Tobacco Box Pinhole Portrait

 Cosmo Cuts, Cyanotype

GIRLS, Cyanotype + Letterpress Book

Final Presentation

Final Work (complete)

 Final Work

I've presented here a wide assortment that reflects many experiments and my personal explorations with the various techniques we've learned this term.

Lumens

Borage
original negative; salvaged light-leaked Ilford HP5

Borage
lumens on 4x5 film, enlarged on Ilford Glossy 

lumens print, no pressing

Birch
original negative; Ilford HP4+

Birch
4x5 exposure, lumens printed in during film development

Brassica
lumens print on salvaged paper

Blackberry
lumens print

Garden Nightshade
lumens print on color paper, thoroughly washed and fixed

Dandelion
lumens print on Ilford FB Glossy, aggressively selenium toned

Anenome
lumens print

Nereis in Petri
chemogram/lumens print on color paper

Contact Nereis
contact lumens/chemogram print on color paper, washed and fixed

Lamiate Flower Cluster
film lumens (above), standard processing, unknown salvaged film
enlargements (below) printed using chemical investigation

Shamrock (negative)
film lumens, standard processing, unknown salvaged film

Shamrock (positive/inverted)
lumens on unknown salvaged film (above)
printed using mechanical investigation (below)

Agate
film lumens, standard processing, salvaged film of unknown brand

Birch Leaf
film lumens, standard processing, unknown salvaged film

Horse Chestnut Flower
film lumens, standard processing, unknown salvaged film

Lamiate Flower
film lumens, standard processing, unknown salvaged film

Maple Leaf
film lumens, standard processing, unknown salvaged film

Distorted Maple Leaf
film lumens, standard processing, Kodak T-Max 100

Distorted Horse Chestnut Flower
film lumens, standard processing, Kodak T-Max 100

Leaf Cluster
film lumens, standard processing, unknown salvaged film

Tiny Flower
film lumens, standard processing, unknown salvaged film

Grass 1
film lumens, standard processing, unknown salvaged film

Grass 2
film lumens, standard processing, unknown salvaged film

Sprout 1
film lumens, standard processing, unknown salvaged film

Sprout 2
film lumens, standard processing, unknown salvaged film

Shining Geranium
film lumens, standard processing, unknown salvaged film

Arrow Leaf
film lumens, standard processing, unknown salvaged film

Dill
film lumens, standard processing, salvaged Ilford HP5

Ginkgo
film lumens, standard processing, salvaged Ilford HP5

Nasturtium
film lumens, standard processing, salvaged Ilford HP5

Shinjiku
film lumens, standard processing, salvaged Ilford HP5

Calendula
film lumens, standard processing, salvaged Ilford HP5

Cyanotype

"Anagram of Santa"
cyanotype contact print 

140# hot-press Lanaquarelle, acid-free

140# hot-press Lanaquarelle, acid-free

140# hot-press watercolor paper, with acid contamination

140# hot-press watercolor paper, with acid contamination

Floral Photogram Assortment
cyanotype

Nasturtium
cyanotype photogram with color transfer

Tomatillo Branch
cyanotype photogram

CyanoLamp

CyanoLamp

Van Dyke Brown

140# hot-press Lanaquarelle, acid-free

140# hot-press watercolor paper, with acid contamination

Salted Silver Paper

140# hot-press Lanaquarelle, acid-free

140# hot-press watercolor paper, with acid contamination

Wet Plate Collodion

Ghost on Glass
negative ambrotype via 35mm enlargement

Cryographic Tintype
Cryogram technique on wet collodion plate

Pseudotsuga
tintype kodachrome enlargement 

Damaged (negative)
collodion on glass

Damaged (Positive)
collodion on glass

positive/negative
collection title
collodion on glass

positive/negative
collection
collodion on glass, white and black mount sheets

Collodion Assemblage
positive on white
enlarges to negative
created from negative

Collodion Assemblage
Positive on Black
enlarges to positive
created by positive

Collodion Selfie (inverted)
in-camera collodion print, inverted to represent how it would act in an enlarger

Collodion Selfie
positive print via in-camera exposure; 35" @ 5.6

Cryograms/Cryographic Prints

Paper Cryograms 

Film Cryograms

Cryographic Prints

Pinhole

Prints/Negatives

Coffee Can Camera

Coffee Cup Camera

Inverted Paper Negative
(coffee cup camera)

Inverted Film Negative
(coffee can camera)

Paper Negatives
(coffee can camera)

Miscellaneous

Dodging
(above and below)
silver gelatin prints

Burning

Highly Offended Skeleton
silver gelatin paper contact print