8x10 Platinotype

I think I like it cropped right where the hip of the subject in the background crosses the shoulder line of the subject in the foreground, and then maybe whatever else is needed, if anything, to make it a square. It's more formally ambiguous that way, more of a puzzle.

What a beautiful photography Ian... can I see some more somewhere.. shame I cannot see it as a real print as I am certain there are losses in the on screen digital image

wonderful posing, lighting, composition - like this one best of the 3 you put up, tho' each really expressive - thank you

Thank you.

@David A. Goldfarb – personally I think the hair in the top right corner is an essential part of the composition, but thanks anyway

Thanks again Ian... I have since found images on your website and am now reading about platinum printing and getting excited. I only have 6x6 format however and it appears I need at least 10x8 large format to do justice to this wonderful process. I will contemplate buying your process book.

Hi @Geoffrey Swan, thanks for your feedback and sorry for not answering your question. If you're in Switzerland then I'd be very happy to show you some original prints.

Platinum/palladium is a contact printing process so you need a negative the same size as your final print. I've seen exquisite 6x6 contact prints but for obvious reasons most people opt for larger photographs. For these your options are: (1) using a large format camera; (2) making big negatives from your 6x6 using an enlarger; or (3) scanning your 6x6s and make inkjet negatives. All of these work, and all have complexities that will make you want to tear your hair out. I very much prefer large format, but the choice is very much a personal decision.

All the best,
Ian.

ian

i search for some sort of critique how to make this better, but like all your owrk i have seen your composition
and processing and printing are in harmony. if i was to say anything i would say shave off about 1/32" off the bottom
to remove that barely visible wrinkle ... but then i look at it a 2nd time and see it and all the wrinkles rhyme so well
with the hair in the upper right and perfectly balance the image.
its great to see your work again !
john

Thanks John

Thanks Ian.. unfortunately Tasmania is more than a hop, step and a jump away from Switzerland... but you never know.... I just may take you up on it. And I appreciate the ideas - don't know why I did not contemplate making a bigger negative with my enlarger.. of course. I have worked with the female nude for the past 40 years... initially film then life drawing art and your exquisite work has inspired me yet again to a subject I had thought I had well covered.