Magda Kuca | Wet Collodion & Alternative Photography in London

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Handprinted and hand bounded with inserts in edition of 100

The Grandmothers

Platinum prints: Hand printed by brushing light sensitive emulsion based on platinum metal onto 100 % cotton paper and processed in traditional darkroom using a negative. Each copy is unique and is one of the most permanent and archival methods of photographic printing. Special editions of 3-10 prints.

FAMILY TALES

Gum prints date back to mid 19th century & pictorialist period when role of photography as art was emphasised, using light sensitive dichromate salts & watercolor paint to produce painting-like photographic prints via contact with large negative. Special editions of 3-10 prints.

SLAVIC BESTIARY

Wet collodion plates: Original one-off images, made of silver and processed under red light, are produced in large format camera onto glass plates of 2-3 mm using this Victorian, craft-based method.