Platinum / Palladium

First brought to commercial realization in 1872 by William Willis, the platinotype process gained wide acceptance among early photography pioneers. The Pictorialists, who endeavored to move photography from a scientific tool for image reproduction into art, favored the prints due to their wide tonal range, matte finish, and archival qualities. These attributes have attracted a resurgence of interest among fine art photographers and collectors. The process uses a combination of platinum and palladium dissolved into a solution, mixed, and hand applied to a museum-quality rag paper. From a digital photo, a full-size negative is printed on transparency film. It is then placed in direct contact with the coated paper and exposed to ultraviolet light. After development and rinsing, each print is unique and will last many lifetimes.