The Darkroom Cookbook

The fifth edition of this comprehensive guide to darkroom photography is fully revised and updated, placing analog and traditional methods into the context of a digital world and contemporary workflows. Including invaluable analog photography techniques, chemicals and equipment, and supported by visual examples. Over 200 updated recipes for darkroom experiments, and tips for mastering the darkroom. Includes the chemicals used to develop, fix, stop and tone, alongside invaluable information on making enlarged digital negatives, planning a darkroom, and safety in handling photographic chemicals. Featuring new sections on split-printing, solarization, and making your own gelatin emulsion. The fifth edition includes contributions and stunning black and white imagery by established artists such as Bruce Barnbaum, Tim Rudman, Christina Z. Anderson, John Sexton, and more. This is the essential guide for any practitioner who wants to develop a thorough understanding of film and darkroom processes, techniques, and working methodologies, as well as graduate and advanced photography students with an interest in analog and darkroom photography.