photo-aquatint

Marc Leest

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• Feb 12, 2006

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Hello all,

Just a quick question: is photo-aquatint synonym with gum bichromate print ?

thx,

Marc

 

Mateo

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• Feb 12, 2006

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I would doubt it. More likely a synonym for photogravure.

Regular aquatint is an intaglio process where you bite the copper plate that has a ground and stop out varnish very much analogous to the ground and carbon print resist in photogravure.

 

donbga

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• Feb 12, 2006

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Marc Leest said:

Hello all,

Just a quick question: is photo-aquatint synonym with gum bichromate print ?

thx,

Marc

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It's an antiquarian phrase for the gum bichromate process but is also associated with photo gravure. Confusing isn't it.

Don Bryant