Fannin Monument, Goliad, Texas.
Image shows something you do not expect to see in a chrysotype: the specular glow of light, particularly in the leaves, above the tessellated light playing among the grass in the foreground. My process requires no developing out and no humidification of paper. You treat the ammonium ferric oxalate with ascorbate, mix it with gold, brush it on dry paper straight from the package, dry and expose by direct examination in the print frame.
Colonel Fannin and 300 of his men, unarmed prisoners who surrendered on terms of safe passage back to their homes, were murdered by Mexican General Urrea on Easter Sunday, 1836.
This image was exposed in 112 degree heat with a Rittreck view camera fitted with a whole plate back. It was printed using my dry print-out process that, as you can see, yields images with fine grain and a full tonal range. See the March/April 2012 issue of View Camera or visit [url]www.unblinkingeye.com[/url] or [url]www.texaschrysotype.com[/url].
