Topic: alternative photography books

[formica]

any reccomendations on books on alternative photogrpahy? i'm looking for something that is more of a how to book, but a little history on the techniques would be useful too. i saw some listed on the alternative photography site and then others on amazon, but i'm not sure how much they differ.  any suggestions?

              william

[gregor]

william are you looking for alternative printing processes or alternative photography in terms of camera techniques, handmade cameras, etc?

If alternative processing there's at least one on every type !  A good one with a range of both wet darkroom and negative/photoshop hybrid alt processing is "The World of Lith Printing."

[artdog]

This a comprehensive manual that covers a very wide range of alternative processes, with great detail and very thorough instructions.

"The Book of Alternative Processes" by Christopher James

Steven

[sapata]

New Dimensions in photo process by Laura Blacklow
Primitive Photography by Alan Greene

[formica]

william are you looking for alternative printing processes or alternative photography in terms of camera techniques, handmade cameras, etc?

If alternative processing there's at least one on every type !  A good one with a range of both wet darkroom and negative/photoshop hybrid alt processing is "The World of Lith Printing."

i'm looking for a book on darkroom techniques or those which do not need a darkroom(ie cyanotype).  a bit of both since i still don't have my own darkroom.

             thanks for the suggestions so far everyone! i appreciate it.

                                    william

[Karl]

Spirits of Salts by Randall Webb and Marting Green is very good (Argentum)
and sounds the sort of thing you are looking for.

Also, the website http://www.alternativephotography.com/
is pretty comprehensive and interesting

[Pete_R]

The only one I have is 'Coming into Focus: A Step-by-step Guide to Alternative Photographic and Printing Processes' by John Barnier. Includes both Cyanotype methods and most of the more common alternative printing techniques. Quite good and a reasonable price.

I would like 'The Book of Alternative Processes' and have been waiting for ages for it to come down in price but it doesn't so I'll keep waiting.