photo-aquatint

[Marc Leest]

Hello all,

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

thx,

Marc

 

[Mateo]

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]

Hello all,

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

thx,

Marc

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

Don Bryant