Of course, machine made pigment prints are excellent, but for me the silver print remains the gold standard in photography." Michael Kenna, 2021īosham Gallery, 1 High Street, Bosham, Sussex, PO18 8LS, | +44 (0)1243 681271 | boshamgallery. The whole process is quite arduous, but I believe it is well worth the effort as a final print, almost three-dimensional as the image is embedded in the silver gelatin, it feels like a precious jewel. It is comforting to know that these prints are made to archival standards which means they should outlast myself and the viewer! I have prints which I made 45 years ago that are as good today as when I first made them, and I have records of every print I have signed and editioned. The retouching alone can take a few hours per print. Each print is carefully toned, dried, flattened in a hot press and retouched by hand, then mounted and matted on archival boards. I still make every print myself in my own traditional darkroom from original negatives. My first prints were made when I was only eleven years old! I cannot press a button to print an edition and there will always be slight variations. Every print is unique. I fell in love with this traditional darkroom silver gelatin process even before my photography career began. All Island Darkroom photographs are hand-printed to order on archival quality fine art photographic paper with a pearl finish. Each print has extensive interpretive burning and dodging which is not exactly reproducible from print to print. "I make these silver gelatin prints by hand, in my own darkroom.
Since the start of his career in the 1970s Michael Kenna has worked solely with film, and he makes every silver gelatin print himself personally, in his darkroom at his home studio in Seattle, USA. Michael Kenna's prints have a distinguished provenance. Silver Gelatin Print (1 - 40 of 1,000+ results) Tree in Field, UP, India, 2018, Limited Edition (50), 11x14 Handmade Silver Gelatin Print Toned in Selenium, Printed by the Photographer HalimInaPhotography 250.00 Curvacouture, Framed and Matted Silver Gelatin Print by Martin M Stone AveryGallery (14) 200. On the reverse of each 16x20 inch mountboard Kenna includes the photograph's title, the year the photograph was made, the year the print was made, the edition number, the edition size and artist signature.
Michael Kenna signs and editions each mountboard below the print and includes the year the photograph was made after his signature. Silver gelatin prints are matted and mounted on archival 16 x 20 inch mountboard and framed in a 0.6 inch hand-painted black oak moulding behind museum glass. New works made from 2019 onwards are available in limited editions of 25 prints. Occasionally, Artist Proofs are available to acquire and prices start at GBP 20,000. Print prices start at GBP 2,000 and rise to GBP 7,700 for edition number 45. I’ve published a few books and taught workshops up and down the west coast of the United States.Michael Kenna Working In His Darkroom, Seattle 2021 | © Mamta KennaĨ x 8 inch hand-made silver gelatin prints of Michael Kenna's early works are available in limited editions of 45 prints. Over the years I have exhibited my photographs in several galleries and art shows including the Seattle Erotic Arts Festival and Cascade AIDS Project. I quickly found the overcast skies, lush forests, cooler temperatures, and creative communities to be a perfect match for my work. After having my fill of the California sunshine I packed up my life and moved to the Pacific Northwest.
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This is a rare pre-1985 original vintage print produced in small numbers from a series of transparencies that Newton considered his most provocative and important work through 1985. Later in life I attended the University of California in Santa Cruz where I received a Bachelors Degree in the History of Art and Visual Culture. Vintage silver gelatin print featuring 'Betty Prado, Amica, Italy' in a 20'x24' size with hand signature and estate copyright stamp on verso. I was one of the lucky few who had a chance to go to a high school with a working darkroom and a teacher who understood that making images was an art form – care and patience was a necessity in the image making process from start to finish. I grew up in the California Bay Area and started taking photography seriously in High School. I live in Portland Oregon and travel whenever possible. I seek to capture humanity and the world around me with a focus on the figure. The Handmade Silver Gelatin Emulsion Print is a cookbook of simple, basic recipes for making black and white printing paper and paper negatives, along with creative options for printing, toning, and coloring. I have a passion for making images wherever and whenever I can.
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