CHEN, JIUAN-JIUAN. "THE IMAGE COLORS OF EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS: AN INVESTIGATION OF PHOTOGENIC DRAWINGS AND LEUCOTYPES BY WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT."

Abstract

This project was to explore the different recipes described in William Henry Fox Talbot’s notebooks P and Q that did not involve the use of a fixer. Two aspects are particular interests of this study: the image colors formed from various combinations of salting and stabilization solutions and stability of these colors.

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Jiuan-jiuan Chen was an ARP fellow from 2001 to 2003. This independent study came out of the fellows' class in process history. Currently, Jiuan-jiuan is a conservator in private practice at Paul Messier Conservation in Boston, MA.

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