Photographic collage

C-type printing involves printing colour paper enlargements from small, colour negatives. This is the most common type of colour printing found in the high street and mini-labs.

The autochrome is an early color photography process, patented the 17th December 1903 by Auguste and Louis Lumière. Before the commercialization, they diffused the autochrome technique to some favored photographers, like Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky. The commercialization started in 1907 and the technique was used between 1907 and about 1932. A lot of photos of the First World…

P.F.T.s, or Print Film Transparencies, are positive colour reproductions from original negatives, produced as transparencies.

A particular type of reversal (R-type) colour paper and printing process which gives strong colours (often with striking reds) and creates a long-lasting print. Printing in this way from a positive image results in exactly the same colour saturation as the original, and greater contrast.

Using acid-free mount boards prevents acid burns (yellowish-brown burn lines) from appearing on artworks over time.

A C-type colour paper made by Fuji which offers an extreme gloss finish.