I asked Ron Mowrey (another former Kodak guy) about sea water processing. As he explained it to me, the reason sea water works is because of the high sodium sulfite levels in it. And, if you look closely at photographic chemistry, sodium sulfite is the magic elixir of most processes.
I asked Ron Mowrey (another former Kodak guy) about sea water processing. As he explained it to me, the reason sea water works is because of the high sodium sulfite levels in it. And, if you look closely at photographic chemistry, sodium sulfite is the magic elixir of most processes.
How many photographers have access to reasonably clean sea water? Would any of the many pollutants found near shore these days have a deleterious affect on the process?
In the 80's I was worked in Southern Italy, l lived on the cost, less than a block from the ocean. I just put my prints mesh bag and tossed the bag in a small cove for a couple of hours followed by a 5 mint wash in well water. The Adriatic was well know for all kinds of pollution, but 20 years latter all of the prints are holding up.
What about with alkaline fixers?
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