platinum archival print $400
by Jeffery Babbidge
5" x 5"
by Jeffery Babbidge
5" x 5"
Babbidge is currently a student at the Divers Institute of Technology to become a commercial diver. He received his BFA from the Oregon College of Art & Craft in 2007 - he has been specializing in 19th century processes, and well skilled uses of film capture photography however, for over a decade. Influences on his work are endurance athletics, adventuring, and exploring - this can be seen in the "super-saturated-investigative-nature" [as I call them] photographs on display at White Sage Studio until April 8th.
The process:
Platinum printing is a 19th century “printing out” process - meaning it is contact print only. It dates back to the 5th of June 1853 with William Wilis being credited with its invention. Platinum by it's self is very cool and grainy, so a 50/50 mix with Palladium to warm the image is used. The “cocktail” is 50% metal salts and 50% sensitizer's - the sensitizer is used to control the contrast of the image. This cocktail is very sensitive to other metals, so the paper has to be of good quality and very clean. Coating can be done with a glass rod or brush – printing out is like baking a cookie, in that a “printing out” frame is used so that one can check on the image between hits of UV light.
Babbidge prefers this technique for many reasons; one being its organic nature throughout process and in final product itself. He is known to make these on a bright sunny day out in a field [when he has a tent near by to work the chemistry inside of before and after exposure]. The images themselves are archival, and will not fade if properly cared for [meaning just don't ruff it up too much].
Platinum printing is a 19th century “printing out” process - meaning it is contact print only. It dates back to the 5th of June 1853 with William Wilis being credited with its invention. Platinum by it's self is very cool and grainy, so a 50/50 mix with Palladium to warm the image is used. The “cocktail” is 50% metal salts and 50% sensitizer's - the sensitizer is used to control the contrast of the image. This cocktail is very sensitive to other metals, so the paper has to be of good quality and very clean. Coating can be done with a glass rod or brush – printing out is like baking a cookie, in that a “printing out” frame is used so that one can check on the image between hits of UV light.
Babbidge prefers this technique for many reasons; one being its organic nature throughout process and in final product itself. He is known to make these on a bright sunny day out in a field [when he has a tent near by to work the chemistry inside of before and after exposure]. The images themselves are archival, and will not fade if properly cared for [meaning just don't ruff it up too much].
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