Less Known Printing Practices

[jnanian]

there are lots of alternate printing techniques ...
i like to soak my exposed paper in water, then
put it in caffenol C for 3-4 mins then in water again ..
then i dilute and exhaused ansco 130 and watch what appears ..
about 20seconds in, back in the coffee + back and forth as it finishes up ...

this works great for paper negatives and cameraless images
( and maybe solarize ( sabbatier? ) images where you want
control over what appears and how dark you want things to get ...

no book for this, just experience ..
john

[Maris]

An amusing experiment is the Emmerman process where photographic paper is soaked in developer and then exposed while wet. If the exposure is given in short increments with time for development between "blinks" a variety of pseudo-solarisation and self-masking effects will emarge. Different papers, RC and fibre base, graded and variable contrast, give widely varying effects. There are lots of variables. Be prepared for a wasted if interesting day in the darkroom.

Occasionally something amazing emerges and nobody will ever guess how you did it!