GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The primary black-and-white process since the late 1880s, gelatin silver prints involve three layers: paper, baryta, and gelatin. The paper is prepared with a layer of baryta, or barium sulfate. The gelatin layer is an emulsion of light-sensitive silver compounds that captures the image after the exposure and development of the negative. Gelatin silver prints are characterized by a smooth and even surface.
Excerpt from
Gallery text from Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty as drawn from the Irving Penn Archive at the Art Institute of Chicago.
NOTES
Gelatin silver prints refer to photographic prints having gelatin as the binder, holding silver as the final image material; always black-and-white, though they may be toned to a monochrome hue.
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Getty vocabulary AAT (gelatin silver prints (photgraphic prints by process): AAT: 300128695)
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VIDEO ASSETS
IMAGE ASSETS
WEB RESOURCES
- Victoria and Albert Museum~Explore different photographic techniques through the V&A's glossary of photographic processes.
- George Eastman House~Watch an overview of the development of gelatin silver printing and the way it changed the role of photography.
ARCHIVAL RESOURCES
FUN FACTS
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apply to objects where medium contains gelatin silver
apply to content where content contains gelatin silver
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General Description
The primary black-and-white process since the late 1880s, gelatin silver prints involve three layers: paper, baryta, and gelatin. The paper is prepared with a layer of baryta, or barium sulfate. The gelatin layer is an emulsion of light-sensitive silver compounds that captures the image after the exposure and development of the negative. Gelatin silver prints are characterized by a smooth and even surface.
Excerpt from
Gallery text from Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty as drawn from the Irving Penn Archive at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Victoria and Albert Museum~Explore different photographic techniques through the V&A's glossary of photographic processes.
- George Eastman House~Watch an overview of the development of gelatin silver printing and the way it changed the role of photography.
Notes
Gelatin silver prints refer to photographic prints having gelatin as the binder, holding silver as the final image material; always black-and-white, though they may be toned to a monochrome hue.
Drawn from
Getty vocabulary AAT (gelatin silver prints (photgraphic prints by process): AAT: 300128695)
rules
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Objects
medium
Contains
gelatin silver
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