Can I contact print a solograph?

[MCB18]

This question is as simple as it sounds, what I want to do is contact print a solograph onto another piece of photo paper. Will this destroy the image after one shot like scanning onto the computer? Or will I have a couple chances to get it right? I would like to have a copy made entirely via the analog process, as I like the idea of that more than simply scanning the picture, which is almost guaranteed to destroy the original image in one shot.

By the way, I have a proper darkroom with an enlarger that I have lots of control over, if that helps answer the question.

 

[kykr]

I was hoping someone would answer your question, and I’m curious about it. I do solargraphs and just getting started with darkroom work.

You’re hoping to shine light through one piece of paper (the solargraph) onto another? Which would then give you a positive image on the second piece of paper. Hmm…

 

[Kino]

I would guess there were no answers because no one here has tried it.

Why would it destroy the original? Haven't you fixed the image?

I guess I don't understand the process you are using to make a Solograph.

There should be no reason you couldn't, if its just a paper based image. Paper negatives are used a lot for alternative processes, so why should it be any different?

Try it.

Photo paper is pretty cheap compared to about anything else in a darkroom...

 

[MCB18]

I would guess there were no answers because no one here has tried it.

Why would it destroy the original? Haven't you fixed the image?

I guess I don't understand the process you are using to make a Solograph.

There should be no reason you couldn't, if its just a paper based image. Paper negatives are used a lot for alternative processes, so why should it be any different?

Try it.

Photo paper is pretty cheap compared to about anything else in a darkroom...

You can’t fix a solargraph print, sadly. So any light will degrade the print until it is completely obscured.

 

[Kino]

Solograph or Solargraph?

Here is a link where the photographer scans his Solargraps...

How to Make a Solargraph – Nature TTL

Learn how to make solargraphs with pinhole photography, from how to make a pinhole camera, taking a photo, to how to develop the negative.

www.naturettl.com

Here are resources on Photrio that outlines a method of fixing a Solargraph:

How to fix a solargraph

NedL submitted a new resource: (there was a url link here which no longer exists) - How to fix a solargraph Solargraphs are usually ephemeral and kept in a dark box. Here is a simple method to fix them so that they may be stored and viewed safely in the light. Ilford MGIV and Adorama VC RC...

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How to fix a solargraph

Solargraphs are usually ephemeral and kept in a dark box. Here is a simple method to fix them so that they may be stored and viewed safely in the light. Ilford MGIV and Adorama VC RC paper emulsions contain ingredients that act like...

www.photrio.com