Film Photography Prints
These black & white images are available as limited edition analogue silver gelatine prints or as open (unlimited) edition digital giclée prints.
You can browse the images all at once as they are, or by the series titles below.
If you’d like to know more about the technical details and processes involved in making analogue prints you can read about it here.
Please drop me a line if you have any questions.
Jonathan Fletcher
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Each image is 20cm x 20cm square, reflecting the native square capture format of the vintage cameras I use.
Silver gelatine prints are limited to editions of 10 per image. Each print is a unique piece of art that I print by hand in the darkroom and may therefore differ slightly in terms of contrast and tonal variation compared to the scanned and uploaded images you can see on this site. After washing for several hours, I tone the prints in a bath of selenium to make the images more stable and longer lasting. All prints are signed and annotated in pencil on the front along the bottom border of the paper, including the place and year of capture, title, print edition number, year of print, and signature.
Silver gelatine prints are mounted with white card matts of 30cm x 30cm: a complete back piece with a front piece that has a beveled image window to match the size of the 20cm x 20cm image.
Please note that prints are shipped unframed.
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Digital giclée prints are far less complex and time consuming to produce than analogue prints.
After scanning the film negatives with a high-grade photographic scanner and some minimal digital processing, I print the images on archival matte photographic paper using a dedicated photo printer.
Giclée prints are also 20cm x 20cm, but are open editions, which means the print run for each image is unlimited.
As with analogue prints, digital giclée prints are signed and annotated in pencil on the front along the bottom border of the paper, including the place and year of capture, title, print number, year of print, and signature.
Digital giclée prints are also mounted with white card matts of 30cm x 30cm: a complete back piece with a front piece that has a bevelled image window to match the size of the 20cm x 20cm image.
Please note that prints are shipped unframed.
Film Photography
Frequently Asked Questions
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For analogue prints I use only Ilford Multigrade FB Warmtone semi-matt paper. This is a fibre-based silver gelatine paper which is renowned for producing superior quality images.
For digital prints I use Epson Archival Matte photography paper which produces exceptional tonal reproduction. -
I use two main cameras to capture images: (1) a Zeiss Super Ikonta 523/16, a coupled rangefinder folding camera from c. 1952 with a fixed Zeiss 80mm f/2.8 Planar lens, and (2) a Mamiya 6, an interchangeable lens rangefinder camera from c. 1990 with a 75mm f/3.5 prime lens.
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My go-to film is Kodak Tri-X 120 roll film. First released in 1940 and formerly very popular among photojournalists, it is probably the most famous black and white film ever made. Tri-X is known for its flexibility in development, high contrast tones, and gritty grain structure.
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I capture all my images on film with vintage cameras and process the film myself. I print analogue images from the film negatives on silver gelatine paper in the darkroom using an enlarger and baths of chemicals called developer, stop and fixer. Then they’re washed in a dedicated paper washer, toned in a bath of selenium solution for four minutes to make them last longer, and washed again one last time. Once they dry, I spot them with a range of dyes and fine-tipped brushes to camouflage minor flaws. It’s all very hands on and time consuming, but each step influences the outcome of the final image.
Digital giclée prints are simpler and less time consuming to make: the film negatives are scanned with a photo scanner and printed from the computer with a high-quality photo printer on archival matte paper.
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All my analogue images are toned in a bath of selenium for four minutes. This converts any remaining metallic silver in the paper to silver selenide, which is more stable. After toning all prints are washed again for an hour or so to remove any residual chemicals. This ensures they will not fade over time, provided they are not displayed in direct sunlight.
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I don’t usually ship images with frames, although I can do on request. However, I can only offer one option: matt black wood. Please drop me a line if you would like your image framed.
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Analogue prints are available in one size only for now: 20cm x 20cm.
Digital giclée prints are available in two sizes: 20cm x 20cm and 30xm x 30cm.
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