Primitive Photography

A Guide to Making Cameras, Lenses, and Calotypes

Alan Greene

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English

Focal Press
15 July 2021

Photographic equipment & techniques

Series: Alternative Process Photography

Primitive Photography considers the hand-made photographic process in its entirety, showing the reader how to make box-cameras, lenses, paper negatives and salt prints, using inexpensive tools and materials found in most hardware and art-supply stores. Step-by-step procedures are presented alongside theoretical explanations and historical background. Streamlined calotype procedures are demonstrated, featuring different paper negative processes and overlooked, developing-out printing methods.

Primitive Photography combines the simplicity of pinhole photography, the handmade quality of alternative processes, and the precision of large-format. For those seeking alternatives to commercially prepared material as well as digital photography, it provides the instructions for creating the entire photographic process from the ground up. Given its scope and treatment of the photographic process as a whole, this may be the first book of its kind to appear in over a century.

By: Alan Greene
Imprint: Focal Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 280mm, Width: 210mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 458g
ISBN: 9780240804613
ISBN 10: 0240804619
Series: Alternative Process Photography
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 15 July 2021
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; The Film Holder and Focusing Screen; The Camera Body; The Lens; The Calotype Paper Negative Process; The Calotype Salt Print Positive; Appendices; Sources of Supplies; Index

Alan Greene

Reviews for Primitive Photography: A Guide to Making Cameras, Lenses, and Calotypes

"""for those who want a break from today's high-tech photography by returning to the most basic methods of photography using inexpensive materials and methods."" - Photo District News"