Last colour carbon printer in Canada

sly · Feb 20, 2016

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My brother in law sent me this link. Interesting piece. Would love to see his work without the intermediary of electronics (though I'd probably not have heard of him without that magic). Love his last line - "If what you're doing isn't obsolete, then it's not photography."

pschwart · Feb 20, 2016

He is only one of four men

Overstated, but there are not many printing full color carbon transfers, especially from in-camera separations. It is insanely difficult.

sly · Feb 20, 2016

I've attempted single colour (black) carbon - got a few decent prints and many many frilly, peeling wrecks. I can appreciate how tough it must be to do it in registered layers.
I saw a presentation by Tod Gangler of his colour carbon work. Stunning. He'd learned from a printer in France, if I remember correctly.
How many colour carbon printers do you know of?

pschwart · Feb 20, 2016

sly said:
I've attempted single colour (black) carbon - got a few decent prints and many many frilly, peeling wrecks. I can appreciate how tough it must be to do it in registered layers.
I saw a presentation by Tod Gangler of his colour carbon work. Stunning. He'd learned from a printer in France, if I remember correctly.
How many colour carbon printers do you know of?

The biggest challenge is not registration, it's finding a working set of pigments and achieving a color-balanced workflow.

sly · Feb 21, 2016

I've done 3 and 4 colour gum prints, with digi negs, so I know registration is just about using a good system. I had such a hard time getting my carbons to stick, that I can't imagine layering them. The whole pigment issue for getting a good colour balance is another level of difficulty. If you've tried colour carbon printing, my hat's off to you!

pschwart · Feb 21, 2016

sly said:
I've done 3 and 4 colour gum prints, with digi negs, so I know registration is just about using a good system. I had such a hard time getting my carbons to stick, that I can't imagine layering them. The whole pigment issue for getting a good colour balance is another level of difficulty. If you've tried colour carbon printing, my hat's off to you!

It's a lot easier once you've mastered monochrome transfers using a single tissue.

Ian Grant · Feb 21, 2016

It's a very interesting film, it would be good to hear what the Carbon printers here on APUG think.

Ian

rbrigham · Feb 21, 2016

Interesting film

can anybody tell me who the colour carbon printer is in England that he refers to ?

Andrew O'Neill · Feb 21, 2016

Thank God I have no interest in full colour for my personal work, otherwise I would've gone up this road.

removed account4 · Feb 21, 2016

thanks for the link sly!
just after the video was a library of other videos including a demonstration of
4 color carbon printing ( I can't remember the author ) and another by Jim fitzgerald doing b/w carbon prints.

Philippe Berger · Feb 21, 2016

I print on 5x7 inches with RGB filter without black layer
I print on Héliochromy Carbon Color
I live on Belgium
My website to
http://www.philippeberger.net/fr/page_7111.html

Bob Carnie · Feb 21, 2016

I have known John for over 45 years and I talk with him regularly and recently scanned his transparencies for artist grant proposals - his prints are exceptional. He was my rigging slinger on a highlead logging site, and he is one of the reasons I got into photography.
I have witnessed John's journey into Carbon since 1994 , just before he rigged a small bus with Jobo and thousands of sheets of Agfa 8 x10 trans and chemicals which are common friend Bruce Chalmers helped secure, which he processed on the road in Mexico where most of his early Carbon transfer work started.

Sandy King by the way has made beautiful colour carbon prints- He is a ( soft ) Canadian as he has been up here many times and exhibits a great Canadian personality.

pschwart · Feb 21, 2016

Philippe Berger said:
I print on 5x7 inches with RGB filter without black layer
I print on Héliochromy Carbon Color
I live on Belgium
My website to
http://www.philippeberger.net/fr/page_7111.html

Good work! Are you using a dichromate or DAS sensitizer?

Philippe Berger · Feb 22, 2016

Thank you,
I use dichromate

73764 · Feb 22, 2016

rbrigham said:
Interesting film

can anybody tell me who the colour carbon printer is in England that he refers to ?

I think he refers to Gerard Aniere.

Michael Mutmansky · Feb 23, 2016

Bob Carnie said:
I have known John for over 45 years and I talk with him regularly and recently scanned his transparencies for artist grant proposals - his prints are exceptional. He was my rigging slinger on a highlead logging site, and he is one of the reasons I got into photography.
I have witnessed John's journey into Carbon since 1994 , just before he rigged a small bus with Jobo and thousands of sheets of Agfa 8 x10 trans and chemicals which are common friend Bruce Chalmers helped secure, which he processed on the road in Mexico where most of his early Carbon transfer work started.

Sandy King by the way has made beautiful colour carbon prints- He is a ( soft ) Canadian as he has been up here many times and exhibits a great Canadian personality.

I didn't realize Sandy likes Molsen!

---Michael

Bob Carnie · Feb 23, 2016

Michael Mutmansky said:
I didn't realize Sandy likes Molsen!

---Michael

If I am buying he likes anything

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