Ian, it seems Peter Goldfield of Goldfinger imported and popularised KRST (among other things) in the UK. In his Craftbook from 1983 (there are also earlier editions of the book) he talks about it on page 55.
Both these involved the same circle of photographers who themselves had links with the US workshop circle including Minor White & Paul Cpenegro. An article in Ten8 magazine, "Where the Wild things went" discussed the British disciples of Minor White, most were photography lecturers many heads of department at the time or later and that included John Blakemore, Paul Hill, John Davies, Thomas Joshua Cooper etc all still working today.
Peter had worked with Minor White in the US after qualifying as a pharmacist, he had a deep knowledge of photography. I have a signed copy of his craftbook
Ian
Ian
Sounds an interesting article. You wouldn't have a date or issue number for the Ten8 article so can check it out when next in the Art Library?
Ta
Mike
Nice one.I copied the article while doing my MA so you can have a copy I came across over the weekend. The Ten8 issue was called Rural Myths, I have an earler Ten8 landscape issue as well that has early Thomas Joshua Cooper, Richard Adler, John Blakemore etc work in it, possibly Pail Hill as well. The two issues show the evolution of British post war landscape photography quite well
Even Fay Godwin went on a Paul Hill workshop when she was moving from portraits to Landscape, I may remember who was the visitingphotographer - she did tell me once.
Ian
Thanks for clarifying further, David. And since I'm Slovenian, I'm familiar with the gritty style of the East (and I quite like it)
Although this doesnt answer the original question, When did selenium toning of prints become popular? the following articles indicate that selenium has apparently been used to tone prints at least as far back as 1922 to alter contrast and color.
Selenium print toning was discussed 90 years ago in the 1922 Photographic Journal of America in the collection of Harvard University of Boston. It is discussed on page 367 and again in more detail on page 451-452.
It was apparently a fairly new idea at the time as evidenced by the comment on page 451
Of these new toning processes, the latest presented is that of the selenium compounds which theoretically as well as practically are of considerable interest, and so at present occupy much attention.
http://books.google.com/books?id=Sf...=onepage&q=history of selenium toning&f=false
Although the articles focus on selenium toning for color change, the last two paragraphs on page 452 predict that selenium toning is likely a permanent process that wont hurt the longevity of prints.
i think it was ansel adams who promoted it heavily,and his sudentsevangalized his messages further.
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