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woodburytype

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woodburytype
1. an early photographic process in which a relief image on gelatin is used to produce an intaglio impression on a lead or other soft metal plate from which prints are then made in a press.
2. the picture produced by this process.
See also: Photography
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Tillim's essay displayed his extensive knowledge about the histories, forms, and uses of various processes, such as photolithography, woodburytype, heliotype, albertype, photogravure, and the photoengraved halftone process, highlighting his complaint that Benjamin generalized "photography" and "reproduction" beyond usefulness, failing to attend to their specific social and formal realities.
Critical realist: Katy Siegel on Sidney Tillim by Siegel, Katy / Artforum International
Nasmyth's and James Carpenter's photographs of rather inaccurate plaster models of the moon which, paradoxically, relied on a laborious method called the Woodburytype process to achieve their grainless surfaces.
'Shooting the Moon." (Julie Saul Gallery, New York, New York) by Bartelik, Marek / Artforum International
 
 
 
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