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Publication Type honors thesis
School or College College of Fine Arts
Department Art & Art History
Thesis Supervisor Joseph Marotta
Honors Advisor/Mentor Robert S. Olpin
Creator Fife, Elisabeth Catherine
Title The gum bichromate process
Date 1995-12
Year graduated 1995
Description The Gum Bichromate Process is an investigation and exploration of a most primitive, difficult, and yet versatile photographic technique. From historical study of its origins and the discoveries through which the gum process evolved, the very definition of photography as an art form is examined. The gum process is interactive and manipulable, a fundamental contrast to precisely representational traditional processes. The pictorialists and their movement are studied and the creativity the gum process affords is explored. The process' usefulness in contemporary photography is then examined through the viewing of several modern photographers' work. Next, the technical procedures of the process are explained in a step by step manner to illustrate the complexities and versatility of the gum process. Only through this thorough examination can the reader appreciate the difficulty of using this process optimally to print three color photographs with any degree of clarity and accuracy. In conclusion, the works of the author are presented.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Photography - Printing processes - Gum-bichromate; Photography, Artistic
Language eng
Rights Management (c) Elisabeth Catherine Fife
Format Medium application/pdf
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kq22k7

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