The palladium printing process is a sister to platinum printing, one of the oldest photographic processes, dating back to the 1870s. A light sensitive emulsion of palladium and ferric oxalate is coated on to 100% cotton paper and exposed to UV light while in contact with a negative. This results in an image that is actually 'in' the paper. Palladium, one of the rarest substances on earth, is bound with cellulose, one of the most abundant. While expensive processes, platinum and palladium printing have the benefit of producing some of the widest tonal ranges and yielding the highest permanences of any photographic processes. Every step in the printing process is a tedious and exact - from coating the paper to the choice of negative -  and that is why I find myself drawn to it. The process forces me to think. It forces me to only spend my time on images that I decide are worth printing.

 

The following images are digital files that have been printed. Images of the prints will follow.