Portfolio > Desert Flowers

Gum dichromate photographs in this portfolio are produced by color separating a digital image onto 3-4 different black and white negatives the same size as the print. One negative for each color, cyan, magenta, yellow and sometimes black. In the Desert Flowers prints a palladium print or cyanotype is used as the first layer on the paper. These photochemical layers give the image structure. One color and one layer at a time watercolor paint mixed with potassium dichromate is applied, exposed and developed. Once all primary colors are printed on top of the platinum or cyanotype layer a photograph mimicking natural color results. Each layer is a surprise and the resulting final print is a one of a kind image.

Gum Dichromate Photograph of Cactus Flower
Gum Dichromate over Cyanotype
8x10
2015
Gum Dichromate Photograph of Cactus Flower
Gum Dichromate over Palladium Photograph
8x10
2015
Gum Dichromate Photograph of Cactus Flower
gum Dichromate over Palladium Photograph
8x10
2015
Gum Dichromate Photograph of Cactus Flower
Gum Dichromate over Palladium Photograph
8x10
2015
Gum Dichromate Photograph of Cactus Flower
Gum Dichromate over Palladium Photograph
8x10
2015
Gum Dichromate Photograph of Cactus Flower
Gum Dichromate over Cyanotype
8x10
2015
Gum Dichromate Photograph of Cactus Flower
Gum Dichromate over Palladium Photograph
8x10
2015
Gum Dichromate Photograph of Cactus Flower
Gum Dichromate over Palladium Photograph
8x10
2015
Gum Dichromate Photograph of Cactus Flower
Gum Dichromate over Palladium Photograph
8x10
2015