A general term for any metal-plate intaglio printing process in which the image has been transferred to the plate by photographic means. Acid is used to incise the image into the plate; the plate is then inked, wiped, and printed on a press.
Works
7 works online
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Peter Henry Emerson _The Clay Mill _ from Pictures of East Anglian Life (1888) c. 1887
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Maurice Loewy, Pierre Henri Puiseux The Moon (Boussingault, Vlacq, Maurolycus) from Atlas Photographique de la lune. (1903) 1899
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Alvin Langdon Coburn St. Paul's and Other Spires 1908
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Arnulf Rainer Untitled (1975)
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Christian Boltanski Gymnasium Chases 1991 (project begun 1989).
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Kiki Smith Las Animas 1997
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Tacita Dean T&I 2006
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