Solarization

To Solarize an image:

SOLARIZATION IS ALSO KNOW AS THE SABATTIER EFFECT AND WAS WIDELY USED BY ARTIST/PHOTOGRAPHER MAN RAY.

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Chose a high-contrast negative that has distinctive areas of whites and blacks. Prints that work best for solarization are those that have large areas of high contrast white. Dark, black and generally grey prints do not show the effect as well.

If you are shooting portraits for Solarization, shoot on a white or bright background ideally.

Produce a test strip as normal and decide your exposures and use of contrast filters – as you would for any normal print.

Based on information from your test-strip, produce a normal print and process it all the way through the chemical process.

Now, solarize this same image through a new exposure. You will have 1 normal print of your image and one solarized print of the image.

Make an new exposure without changing any of your settings.

Develop that print for the full 90 seconds. DO NOT PUT IN THE STOP BATH! Wash your print in clean running water for about 30 seconds. Place your washed print in a tray and take it over to a dedicated “white light” enlarger.

The enlarger should be set up to approximately f5.6 and 5 seconds. Exposure you print to white light.

Place your print back in the developer and you will see the image convert to a silver tone. Process the print through the rest of the chemistry and wash as normal.