The image is created by ferrous cyanide, which imparts a blue tone to the paper. Contact printing process invented in 1840 by Sir John Herschel.Most photographic images produced during the 19th century were contact prints. A contact print has the same dimensions as the negative. An image made from direct contact with the negative., Digital ID 427882, New York Public Library contact print

Renowned as one of the most stable and long-lasting of all color prints. First introduced in 1963, this color print process typically uses a high-gloss paper and forms an image by selectively bleaching dyes that exist in the paper.Also referred to as “C-print” and the most common type of color photograph.Ĭibachrome print (silver dye bleach print) Printed from a color negative, a color photograph that comprises three layers – each layer is sensitized to one of light’s primary colors: blue, green and red.Process invented by William Henry Fox Talbot for creating paper negatives, the calotype is a direct ancestor of modern photography as the paper negative could be used to create multiple salted paper prints.The albumen print was the most common photographic printing process of the 19th century and was popular through the 1890s.

Albumen prints were often created from glass plate negatives and feature a high level of detail.

Photograph printed on paper coated with egg white that has been sensitized with silver salts.

Grand Palais, à Mitla, grande salle., Digital ID 111395, New York Public Library albumen print This research guide to the photographic process includes a glossary of terms, a timeline of photography, a bibliography and selected internet resources.

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