Malcolm Corrigall's Page

"Hi Donald. Thanks very much for the references on carbon printing - I will chase these leads up. Good to see you in Bristol. Best wishes, Malcolm."

"Malcolm - Strange that no one seems to have mentioned the obvious -Christpoher James, The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes - which has 20 very useful pages . Also Sandy King is recognised as the modern master of carbon printing. Any search…"

"Hi Paul, Sounds very promising  - many thanks for the suggestion Best Malcolm"

"Hello Malcolm, There is also the book by G. Wharton Simpson, On the Production of Photographs in Pigments, Swan`s Process. Which contains an original carbon print frontispiece from an image by H.P.Robinson. Also The Photo Miniature series of 1900,…"

"What an excellent resource - and not just for carbon but other processes as well. Thank you, Mick!"

"Malcolm Look towards the bottom of this page: Atlas of Analytical Signatures of Photographic Process There's a link to technical stuff about the Carbon Process there. Mick "

"Malcolm, There's a link to some technical stuff about the Carbon process at the bottom of this page: The Atlas of Analytical Signatures of Photographic Processes Mick"

"Sounds like a beauty!"

"Was once in my possession and now in the collection of the NGA (National Gallery of Australia) a non-descript title 'Memorials of the Old College of Glasgow', publ 1872  by Thomas Annan containing 40 carbon prints of portraits of…"

"Thank you, Bill! Useful to have such a clear desciption."

"Dictionary_of_Photography_Wall_1897.pdf I've attached a .pdf file which contains extracts from a book from my library and an original brochure published by 'The Autotype Company, London'. The book is 'The Dictionary of…"

"Hi Michael, Thanks very much for the suggestions, which I will look into. They sound promising. I might be able to locate copies of the Lambert article and manuals at the Bensusan library. Otherwise I'll be in contact in October, when I'm…"

"There's plenty on the technical side. The Autotype Company published a number of manuals and there are books such as E J Wall's Carbon Printing (6th ed, 1902). Something more closely related to pictorialism is F C Lambert, The Practical…"

"Dear John, This looks really helpful, I will check out the videos. Thank you very much for the suggestion. Best wishes, Malcolm"

"Hi Malcolm, While you do state "readings" on the carbon print process, I'm going to suggest this excellent series of videos by a professional photographer here in the US who specializes in them. Personally, I find the carbon print…"