I'm not sure but I think that this is a contact print rather than a Lumen print as the original source was a camera. Technically, a lumen print does not use a camera to produce the original image. Other than that, this is a fantastic photograph. I really like the the softness of this print and the subject is nice as well.
I'm asssuming its a lumen print because a regular LF neg was placed on printing paper, stuck out in the sun and exposed for 3 hours, then fixed. They are usually photograms of leaves and the like, but it's the long UV exposure and no development that makes it a lumen print, I think.
Not to beat a point to death over your beautiful print but. Lumen prints or luminographs are considered photograms they are part and parcel. What you have here is considered a contact print along with gum bichromate and bromoil prints. You can call it whatever you like it does not detract from the fact that it is a fabulous print.
Thanks for the feedback on the names etc. hadnt considered any of that. Simply used the same process as a lumen print but used a large format negative instead of plants leaves etc etc.
Yes it is a contact print, I will refer tho them as such in the future.
I like the effect and have started trying some more.
i made lumen prints like this how did you manage to fix your image without
it bleaching out ? my main problem when i made contact prints in the sun
as soon as they were fixed .. even with a weak hypo, they faded / vanished.
John, I simply fixed with a weak solution of Sodium thiosulphate. It did lighten slightly when fixed but kept enough of the image. It took a few goes to get the right exposure time to compensate for the fading.
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