Els propers 26, 27 i 28 de Maig es celebrarà a Vilassar de Dalt el Revela'T2017, Festival Contemporani de Fotografia Analògica. Com cada any, hi podreu trobar un munt d'exposicions, tallers i xerrades amb l'eix comú de les tècniques i processos fotogràfics analògics o híbrids. Enguany, el Dissabte 27 i el Diumenge 28, de 10h …
Heliogravure VII – Observing the Lateral Etching
Single or binocular loupes are often used to observe the effects of the etching on the surface of the copperplate. Depending on the kind of resin or screen used, it is sometimes difficult to view in detail what happens at this level. In some cases would be very useful to take a picture in order …
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A Hybrid Approach to Photogravure on Copperplate
The text and the images on this post have been published as an article in the Newsletter No4 (December 2016) from the Analogue Group of the Royal Photographic Society. Reference/Citation: MITJÀ, Carles (2016) A hybrid approach to photogravure on copperplate. Analogue (4) pages 3 to 6. Bath: The Royal Photographic Society. Photogravure was part of …
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Tower of Babel
Some days ago its been a discussion in Facebook about the correct word defining different printing techniques. It is a periodically recurrent discussion about the correct word to name a photogravure print, depending on the way it was generated. A paragraph in the discussion said: “... referred to her etchings as engravings--a much different technique.” …
Heliogravure VI – Screen Visibility
In a previous post, there has been discussed about the methods to prepare a digital screen intended for heliogravure. Although digital screens have been used with satisfying enough results, there is also a common discussion that consider the dust grain and analogue screens as better suited than the digitally prepared. The most often argument is …
Carles Mitjà - ASIS/FRPS 