Lith Prints

I have been interested in Lith Prints since my early interest in photography. I was initially drawn by the tonality, which comes from the combination of exposure, paper and chemicals. What kept me interested was how impossible it is to replicate an image. The process itself is a form of infectious development, where blacks get blacker, quicker, leading to interesting contrast and tonality. It is also a very flexible printing style, where very subtle, or very harsh images can be created, by manipulating exposure, chemistry and different papers in the darkroom.

Yes, you could get similar duplicates, but there are so many variables (including such things as how many sheets of paper have been through the chemicals, or the quantities of each chemical) that each photograph is unique. I have continued to seek these unique artefacts and objects, especially during my time at university.