ENTRY DESCRIPTION
While I was working on my project Moonland (2nd PX3 2015), I began to reflect on idea of unique images. Early on, I experimented Polaroid 4x5 inch and then I approached B&W gelatin silver papers. I shot on 4x5 and 8x10 large format cameras, using the papers on my film holder like a negative and exposing them direct to the sun for long exposure. The intense light literally burn the FB papers, solarizing them with beautiful orange hints and holes and turning into a positive image. This technique was discovered by great photographer Chris McCaw. The scarce info about his workflow was solved by a meticulous reading of Ansel Adams book n. 3; emulsion features and darkroom techniques. I hand develop them in traditional way, using different dilutions and chemicals to preserve the emulsion, most of them expired in 1970s. The final result is a ONE OF A KIND and THREE-DIMENSIONAL gelatin silver print. Two paradoxes for classical definition of photography. Plates in this first portfolio are 8x10inch except for first 4x5inch.

AUTHOR
Andrea Cevolini (Andrea Cevolini, Milano, 1974)

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