Annotated Bibliography

Website: Alternative Photography

Alternative Photography 1999, Processes How-To, viewed 01 March 2010, < http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/processes >.

Alternative Photography is an all-encompassing database for alternative photographic processes.

It includes step-by-step instructions and information of alternative processes. It deals with everything from chemical suppliers to trouble shooting the processes.


Website: Chuck Close

Chuck Close 2010, Processes & collaboration, viewed 01 March 2010,
< http://www.chuckclose.coe.uh.edu/process/index.html >.

Chuck Close is an artist who deals in (though not exclusively) the photographic medium; He is noted for use of alternative processes, namely the Tintype process.

Asides from offering a quick overview of the processes he used he is also a great source of inspiration.


Book: The Keepers of Light

Crawford, W, 1979, The keepers of light : a history & working guide to early photographic processes , William Crawford Morgan & Morgan, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

In this book, Crawford details forgotten and alternative photographic processes.

The goal of the book is to make available photographic processes that are in danger of becoming extinct and to assist the photographer to connect or reconnect with the essence of image making. It can be seen as the first step into using alternative photographic processes.


Database Article: Drawing Nature: THE FIRST CENTURY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

2009. “Drawing Nature: THE FIRST CENTURY OF PHOTOGRAPHY.” Screen Education no.56: 60-66. Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre, EBSCOhost, (accessed March 15, 2010).

This article details the first 100 years of photography, from using a camera obscura right through to viable silver emulsion processes. It includes a run down of several processes, notably Daguerreotype.

Website: Joni Sternbach

Joni Sternbach 2009, Surfers, viewed 02 March 2010,
< http:// www.jonisternbach.com/gallery_surfers.html >.

Sternbach is a photographer who works with alternative processes. He uses the wet plate tintype process to produce portraits and landscapes. The website serves and a portfolio and also includes his artists statement for the individual works / series.


Book: Sprits of Salts

Webb, R, 1999, Spirits of Salts: Working Guide to Old Photographic Processes, Argentum, London, UK.

This Book is a step-by-step darkroom guide to using old and alternative photographic processes. It details what items and chemicals are needed to use specific processes and how to use them.