Black-and-white analogue silver halide photography.
A technique developed in the 19th century, it now benefits from modern technical advances and remains one of the most fascinating and widespread methods for creating ‘material’ images – that is, images that, through chemical processes, involve the physical material itself.
The process consists of taking the photographs, developing the film into a negative, and printing the images recorded on the negative in the darkroom. The photographs are first developed, then fixed in two different chemical baths, before undergoing a third selenium bath which deepens the blacks and ensures better preservation of the print.
Bottega Luci primarily uses ILFORD film to take photographs, and ILFORD 220g/m² barium fibre paper for the prints.
Bottega Luci offers commissioned prints from its portfolio, selected by the client.
Below are the print sizes available for each film format.
Medium-format film prints (6×6)
12.7 x 12.7 cm
17.8 x 17.8 cm
24 x 24 cm
30 x 30 cm
40 x 40 cm
50 x 50 cm
35mm film prints
12.7 x 17.8 cm
17.8 x 24 cm
24 x 30.5 cm
30.5 x 40.6 cm
Below are some examples of medium-format 6×6 and 35mm analogue prints.
#1090 – “Still Life: Dried Orchids On a Broken Glass”
“The Loneliness of the Sea – Marche – Italy – 2018”
#1018 – “Southern Coastline – Ancona – Marche – Italy – 2023”
#1054 – “A Sunny Day In Cyprus – 2019”