Why Cyanotype as first pass?

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Hey Tony, You have been my primary inspiration in pursuing gum printing. Thanks! My question is: why use cyanotype for a first pass rather than using gum throughout? It would seem to complicate things…

Thanks, Chris Marker

Hi Chris, I use cyanotype before printing gum to increase D-max and enhance shadow detail. Tony

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Tony Gonzalez is an artist currently living in New York City. He received his BFA from the Cooper Union School of Art and his MFA from Yale University. In addition to working as a fine art photographer, Gonzalez has taught photography for 30 years including at The Cooper Union, Pratt Institute and New York University. Since 2002, Gonzalez has been teaching full-time at Queens College, CUNY and is currently a Tenured Professor and Deputy Chair of the Photography & Imaging program. Gonzalez is a contributing author for The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes, Second Edition and Third Edition by Christopher James and is featured most recently in the news book Gum Printing, A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice by Christina Z. Anderson and Alternate Processes in Photography by Brian Arnold.

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