Cyanotype
サイアノタイプ / 1842– / Technique / Photographic Techniques
Fixes the outline of a light-struck object directly into deep blue, making record and lyric the same image.
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At a glance
Visual cues
- Prussian blue
- White object traces
- Contact shadows
- Chemical unevenness
Best used for
- Directly recording plants, materials and objects
- Adding the trace of handwork to drawings and archives
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Dictionary entry
- Type
- White or pale letters; add small classification labels
- Composition
- Lead with the object's contour; keep generous blue around it
- Material
- One deep blue and the paper's white; don't polish away the exposure marks
- Caution
- A blue filter is not the technique. Understand contact image, exposure and support.
- Further study
- Anna Atkins / John Herschel / photographic printing processes
Related entries
- Blueprint (ブループリント)Shared effects: Technique.Compare Cyanotype and Blueprint
- Minimalism (ミニマリズム)Shared effects: Calm.Compare Cyanotype and Minimalism
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