Graham Hughes' photos

Silver gelatin print from a 8 x 10" silver gelatin paper negative. Taken with an 1880ish 26" Berthiot in a Black Art 14 x 14 Tailboard camera. I taped paper to glass in a wet plate holder. Print on Kodak Medium Weight Projection 84 paper. Well expired. Developed in Ilford Multigrade 1 : 25. Exposed for 2mins in darkroom. Scanned print.

Silver gelatin print from a 8 x 11" silver gelatin paper negative. Taken with an 1880ish 26" Berthiot in a Black Art 14 x 14 Tailboard camera. Print on Kodak Medium Weight Projection 84 paper. Well expired. Developed in Ilford Multigrade 1 : 25. Exposed for 2mins. Scanned print.

Silver gelatin print from a 8 x 10" silver gelatin paper negative. Vintage studio camera with a J Lancaster & Son Rectigraph lense . Camera vintage 8 x 10 french studio camera. I taped paper to glass in a wet plate holder. Print on Kodak Medium Weight Projection 84 paper. Well expired. Developed in Ilford Multigrade 1 : 25. Exposed for 2mins. Scanned print.

Silver gelatin print from a 6 x 11" silver gelatin paper negative. Taken with an 1880ish 26" Bertiot in a Dark Art 14 x 14 Tailboard camera. Print on Kodak Medium Weight Projection 84 paper. Well expired. Developed in Ilford Multigrade 1 : 25. Exposed for 2mins. Scanned print.

Silver gelatin paper negative 8 x 10", expired Kodak Projection 84 medium weight paper, Black Arts 14 x 14 tailboard camera, Berthiot 1880ish 26" brass lense, f16 for 30 seconds. Scanned and inverted, gently kissed in Nik Silver FX

Silver gelatin paper negative 11 x 6 ", expired Kodak Projection 84 medium weight paper, Black Arts 14 x 14 tailboard camera, Berthiot 1880ish 26" brass lense, f16 for 30 seconds.Scanned and inverted, gently kissed in Nik Silver FX

Silver gelatin paper negative 11 x 6 ", expired Kodak Projection 84 medium weight paper, Black Arts 14 x 14 tailboard camera, Berthiot 1880ish 26" brass lense, f16 for 30 seconds.Scanned and inverted, gently kissed in Nik Silver FX

Silver gelatin print on vintage Kodak Projection 84 paper, well past its used by date. Developed in Ilford Multigrade 1: 40. Contact printed from Thermo Scientific Blue Xray film. Shot in Vintage Ernmann Globus 5 x 7 LF Camera, Kodak Aero Ektar. Exposed @ 5.6ish 1/8ish second. Lens cap hand shutter.

Silver gelatin prints on vintage Kodak Projection 84 paper, well past its used by date. Developed in Ilford Multigrade 1: 40. Contact printed from Thermo Scientific Blue Xray film.

Silver gelatin print on vintage Kodak Projection 84 paper, well past its used by date. Developed in Ilford Multigrade 1: 40. Contact printed from Thermo Scientific, CL-Xposure Film, 5 x 7 " Blue X-Ray film. Metered @100 iso Sinar F 4 x 5 LF Camera, Fujinon 250 mm W lens 5 x 7 sheet cut to size and loaded in holder. A crop showing the cut down 5 x7 in a 4 x 5 holder. Warts and all....still beautiful

Silver gelatin prints on vintage Kodak Projection 84 paper, well past its used by date. Developed in Ilford Multigrade 1: 40. Contact printed from Thermo Scientific, CL-Xposure Film, 5 x 7 " Blue X-Ray film. Shot in Vintage 8 x 10 French Studio Camera, film taped to glass in an 8 x 10 wet plate holder. Fujinon W f 5.6 300mm lense Exposed @ f5.6 1/8th seconds. . Tone as scanned...no tweaking.

Silver gelatin prints on vintage Kodak Projection 84 paper, well past its used by date. Developed in Ilford Multigrade 1: 40. Contact printed from Thermo Scientific, CL-Xposure Film, 5 x 7 " Blue X-Ray film. Shot in Vintage 8 x 10 French Studio Camera, film taped to glass in an 8 x 10 wet plate holder. Fujinon W f 5.6 300mm lense Exposed @ f5.6 1/8th seconds. . Tone as scanned...no tweaking.

Silver gelatin prints on vintage Kodak Projection 84 paper, well past its used by date. Developed in Ilford Multigrade 1: 40. Contact printed from Thermo Scientific Blue Xray film. Warts and all, some scan related, some drying relayed, some paper related. Shot in Vintage Ernmann Globus 5 x 7 LF Camera, Kodak Aero Ektar. . Exposed @ f16 1/8ish second. Lens cap hand shutter.

Thermo Scientific, CL-Xposure Film, 5 x 7 " Blue X-Ray film. Shot in Vintage 8 x 10 French Studio Camera, film taped to glass in an 8 x 10 wet plate holder. Fujinon W f 5.6 300mm lense Developed in Ilford Multigrade 1:20. Fix 1:15. Exposed @ f5.6 1/8th seconds. Straight scan, no tonal tweaking....left everything honest with most marks and tape etc.

Thermo Scientific, CL-Xposure Film, 5 x 7 " Blue X-Ray film. Shot in Vintage 8 x 10 French Studio Camera, film taped to glass in an 8 x 10 wet plate holder. Fujinon W f 5.6 300mm lense Developed in Ilford Multigrade 1:20. Fix 1:15. Exposed @ f5.6 1/8th seconds. This was exposed by a guess.......went and got my light meter after this shot.. Tone as scanned...no tweaking.

Thermo Scientific, CL-Xposure Film, 5 x 7 " Blue X-Ray film. Shot in Vintage 8 x 10 French Studio Camera, film taped to glass in an 8 x 10 wet plate holder. Fujinon W f 5.6 300mm lense Developed in Ilford Multigrade 1:20. Fix 1:15. Exposed @ f5.6 1/8th seconds. This image scanned warts and all was the result of a whoopsy and the darkslide and the plate had a collision and I had to take the lenses board out and under the darkcloth sort it. Hence over exposed and light leaks...BUT it still works.

Thermo Scientific, CL-Xposure Film, 5 x 7 " Blue X-Ray film. Metered @100 iso Sinar F 4 x 5 LF Camera, Fujinon 250 mm W lens Developed in Ilford Multigrade 1:30. Fix 1:15. Exposed @ f11 1/16ish second. 5 x 7 sheet cut to size and loaded in holder.

Thermo Scientific, CL-Xposure Film, 5 x 7 " Blue X-Ray film. Metered @100 iso Sinar F 4 x 5 LF Camera, Fujinon 250 mm W lens Developed in Ilford Multigrade 1:30. Fix 1:15. Exposed @ f11 1/16ish second. 5 x 7 sheet cut to size and loaded in holder.