Formulated to react quickly when exposed to light, this paper contains silver halides in a gelatin binder. It is intended for handling in the controlled environment of a darkroom, printing with the aid of an enlarger, and requires chemical development to bring out the image in the print. Distinguished by their neutral, “black-and-white” tonality, gelatin silver papers first appeared in the 1880s, and became the most popular process of the 20th century thanks to their fast exposure times and relative ease of use.
Gelatin silver print (developing-out paper)
6 examples
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Carrie Mae Weems Untitled (Woman and Daughter with Makeup) 1990
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Akram Zaatari After They Got the Right to Arms. Fourteen young men posing with guns. early 1970s/2006
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Hakuyou Seki Bull c. 1955
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Regina Silveira Enigma 4 1981
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Dawoud Bey Untitled # 1 (Picket Fence and Farmhouse) from the series Night Coming Tenderly, Black 2017
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Gertrudes Altschul Untitled c. 1953
Magazine
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Another Country
Writer John Jeremiah Sullivan shares a collection of early photographs of Black life and music.Oct 15, 2020 -
Taken for Granite: A Climber Sees Yosemite from a New Vantage Point
To mark the 130th anniversary of Yosemite National Park, “climber’s climber” Conrad Anker explores his lifelong connection to the park through photos in MoMA’s collection.Oct 9, 2020 -
Akram Zaatari and the Arab Image Foundation
In this interview from 2013, the artist discusses his work and the beginnings of the Beirut-based photography archive.Aug 26, 2020 -
August Sander’s Life Studies
Looking at a photograph from People of the Twentieth CenturyOct 23, 2019