How was this album cover created?

OldReliable · Aug 17, 2018

Hey Photrio,

I’ve been on a Zappa listening kick lately and stumbled upon him and the Mothers first album, Freak Out!. I like the album, but what really stood out was the cover. I love the crazy colors that were added after the photo was taken. I’m 100% certain that it was shot on plain old B&W neg like Tri-X, but I’m really curious what process was used to achieve what I see on the finished product. Dead Link Removed

Thanks,
OldReliable

sissysphoto · Aug 17, 2018

Solarization and Colorvir.

charlemagne · Aug 17, 2018

What is Colorvir?

sissysphoto · Aug 17, 2018

charlemagne said:
What is Colorvir?

Just another product and craft art form lost to The Computer. Like just about everything.

OzJohn · Aug 17, 2018

sissysphoto said:
Just another product and craft art form lost to The Computer. Like just about everything.

Hardly. It is still used in lomography. Plenty of info via google.

OldReliable · Aug 17, 2018

Thanks for the quick reply! It’s sad that Colorvir isn’t around anymore, because I’d buy some in a heartbeat seeing all the cool effects it can produce. Are there any modern toners that come anywhere close to getting that look?

OldReliable · Aug 17, 2018

OzJohn said:
Hardly. It is still used in lomography. Plenty of info via google.

That’s good to know! I’m guessing all the chems are long out of date at this point, but that probably adds to the “lomo factor”.

tezzasmall · Aug 17, 2018

This has just reminded me that I bought a second hand Colorvir kit a few years ago and have it stashed under my enlarger table. I MUST get it out and have a go, presuming all the chemicals don't have a set lifetime. The only time I saw it used was at college, about 20 years ago, and even then it looked like an amazing set of processes worth trying = very psychedelic from memory.

Terry S

removed account4 · Aug 17, 2018

his is a coupla modern threads on the subject
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?145142-A-Colorvir-Thread
https://www.lomography.com/magazine...ners-and-dyes-on-b-and-w-prints-and-negatives

you might look into the poly toner systems that rockland colloid makes / sells
no clue if they will give you the same effect ..

have fun!
john

Sirius Glass · Aug 17, 2018

The OP's URL does not work.

nmp · Aug 17, 2018

Sirius Glass said:
The OP's URL does not work.

It works if click once more on the link provided on the error page.

Could this also be Posterization?

:Niranjan.

pentaxuser · Aug 17, 2018

Can it be coincidence that this link and the Ferrania link have stopped working unless you click on the link on the error page. Links in the past seem to work OK Has something changed in the Photrio set-up?

pentaxuser

tezzasmall · Aug 18, 2018

Sirius Glass said:
The OP's URL does not work.

All the links on this thread work now = for me at least.

Terry S

CMoore · Aug 29, 2018

nmp said:
It works if click once more on the link provided on the error page.

Could this also be Posterization?

:Niranjan.

I cannot click anything in the OP.
What or where is "The error page".?
Thank You

nmp · Aug 29, 2018

CMoore said:
I cannot click anything in the OP.
What or where is "The error page".?
Thank You

Looks like the OP removed the original link itself.

How was this album cover created?

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