:confused: last week, I was reading a magazine on (art) black and white photography at a Borders[UK] store, which had a portfolio of a lady photographer. She uses some special technique to print some beautiful art photos.

Now, I can't remember the name of the magazine, or more importantly, the name of the technique, which starts with "M" (morgance /moragace?? ... or something like that). Apparently, this technique was invented, or she learnt it, in France.

It's some kind of lifting and re-layering of silver [or may be something else] from the papers with (high) silver content. Can anyone kindly help me to figure out the name of the technique? And if you know a bit more about it, then please enlighten me.

Is this what you mean: http://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/Mordancage/mordancage.html

Bingo!!! that's it. superb.

now, i need the name of the magazine. is it "black and white photography" ?
Someone please help - it's chewing my brain.

It's B+W - published in the US. And the photographer was Elizabeth Opalenik.

If you are interested, there is a guy who offers summer mordancage workshops at his home in Maine.

Yep! I think that's the mag and the artist. Great. Thanks a lot.

"If you are interested, there is a guy who offers summer mordancage workshops at his home in Maine"

Who is that Louie?

ILYA

It is Jonathan Bailey up in Maine

The etch bleach technique is remarkably simple and very easy to master, back in the 60's or early 70's Ilford published a small leaflet on the process, the formula is much the same as on Unblinkingeye.

Essentially used with a resin coated paper and a high contrast (lith) negative the relief image formed could be dyed any colour you wanted with a white background. Careful application of the dye meant quite complex multi-colour graphics could be produced, we used this process commercially in the late 70's and early 80's, mainly to make internal signs and display graphics.

Around the same time I also used the process for some personal work, re-developing the etch-bleach images, the prints were interesting and quite different, the process is also quite controllable but the secret is in producing a positive/negative with a contrast that will be effective with the technique. That might mean using a film mask alongside a continuous tone negative or positive.

Ian

It's B+W - published in the US. And the photographer was Elizabeth Opalenik.
If you are interested, there is a guy who offers summer mordancage workshops at his home in Maine.


Her website is worth a visit as she has some nice hand painted work.