Hand made Darkroom Prints

Silver Gelatin Darkroom prints take time to create . It is a labour of love . Some prints can take 6 to 10 hours of experimentation and wasted paper before the best darkroom recipe for a given image is right . Once I have established the best approach to an image then I can begin the print run . That's only the start of the process as prints will be washed , toned in selenium or Sepia , re washed for one hour then hung to dry . Once they are dry they are heat pressed  and left for a day under pressure to lay them flat . Any blemishes and dust spots will then require hand retouching with a very fine brush and dyes. Once the prints are finished they are kept in archival glassine sleeves .