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Cyanotype

The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice
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Cyanotype: The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice is an essential guide to the cyanotype photographic process, combining both comprehensive technical instruction and artistic inspiration. The book divides into two parts: the first detailing step-by-step how to create cyanotypes, from traditional to advanced techniques, including setting up a darkroom, using various papers, creating digital negatives, and applying tones and creative finishes such as handcolouring and gold leafing. The second part showcases contemporary artists using cyanotype in diverse waysβ€”from photographic to abstract and conceptual worksβ€”offering personal insights and techniques to illustrate the medium's vibrant place in today's photography. Richly illustrated and thoroughly researched, it is a practical and inspirational resource for novice and expert practitioners alike.
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This book is ideal for photography enthusiasts, artists specialising in alternative processes, and anyone keen to explore cyanotype's technical and creative possibilities. Suitable for everyone from beginners to advanced practitioners seeking both practical advice and contemporary artistic inspiration.

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Cyanotype: The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice is a two part book on the blueprint process illustrated with 400 photographs . Part One is a comprehensive how-to on the cyanotype process for both beginner and advanced practitioners, with clear, step-by-step directions and formulas. Part Two highlights contemporary artists who are usin

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Cyanotype: The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice is a two-part book on the much-admired blueprint process. Part One is a comprehensive how-to on the cyanotype process for both beginner and advanced practitioners, featuring many photographs and clear, step-by-step directions and formulas.

Part Two highlights contemporary artists who are using cyanotype, making work that ranges from the photographic to the abstract, from the traditional to the conceptual. This section includes tips on their personal cyanotype methods alongside their work. These artists illustrate cyanotype’s widespread use in contemporary photography today, probably the most of any alternative process.

Book features include:

  • A brief discussion of the practice of the process with some key historical points
  • How to set up the cyanotype "dimroom"
  • The most extensive discussion of suitable papers to date, with data from 100+ papers
  • Step-by-step digital negative methods for monochrome and duotone negatives
  • Chapters on classic, new, and other cyanotype formulas
  • Toning to create colours from yellow to brown to violet
  • Printing cyanotype over palladium, for those who want to temper cyanotype’s blue nature
  • Printing cyanotype on alternate surfaces such as fabric, glass, and wood
  • More creative practice ideas for cyanotype, such as handcolouring and gold leafing
  • Troubleshooting cyanotype, photographically illustrated
  • Finishing, framing, and storing cyanotype
  • Contemporary artists’ advice, techniques, and works

Cyanotype is backed with research from 120 books, journals, and magazine articles from 1843 to the present day. It is richly illustrated with 400 photographs from close to 80 artists from 14 countries. It serves as a guide for the practitioner, from novice to expert, providing inspiration and proof of cyanotype’s original and increasing place in historical and contemporary photography.

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    Cyanotype: The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice is a two-part book on the much-admired blueprint process. Part One is a comprehensive how-to guide on the cyanotype process for both beginner and advanced practitioners, with abundant photographs and clear, step-by-step directions and formulas. Part Two highlights contemporary artists who use cyanotype, creating work that ranges from the photographic to the abstract, from...
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    Cyanotype: The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice is a two-part book on the much-admired blueprint process. Part One is a comprehensive how-to on the cyanotype process for both beginner and advanced practitioners, featuring many photographs and clear, step-by-step directions and formulas. Part Two highlights contemporary artists who are using cyanotype, making work that ranges from the photographic to the abstract, from...
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Praised by experts in alternative photography, this book is described as a "phenomenal guidebook" for beginners and experienced artists. Reviewers highlight its comprehensive coverage of the cyanotype process, its historical context, creative applications, and troubleshooting tips. The inclusion of contemporary artists' work is celebrated for its inspirational value. Amy Holmes George, John Brewer, and Jim Patterson commend it as both educational and motivational for anyone interested in cyanotype.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138338838

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 February 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: CRC Press

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 1003g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Christina Z. Anderson’s work focuses on the family snapshot and contemporary vanitas printed in a variety of 19th century photographic processes. Anderson’s work has shown internationally in 110+ shows and 40+ publications. She has authored books which have sold in 40 countriesβ€”The Experimental Photography Workbook, Gum Printing and Other Amazing Contact Printing Processes, Gum Printing, A Step by Step Manual Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice, and Salted Paper Printing, A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Contemporary Artists, along with Handcrafted: The Art and Practice of the Handmade Print (in Chinese) coauthored with Samuel Wang, S. Carl King, and Zhong Jianming. Cyanotype is her sixth book. Anderson is Series Editor for Focal Press/Routledge’s Contemporary Practices in Alternative Process Photography series and Professor of Photography at Montana State University. To see her work, visit christinaZanderson.com.

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