• Digital Cliché-Verre

    In its original incarnation, cliché-verre (also called glass printing, or photographic etching) was a hybrid technique combining hand-drawing with printmaking and photography, but without using ink or camera. My picture above uses camera and computer, and ink too when it gets printed. It approximates the look of the earliest examples dating from about 1840. The […]

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    April 23, 2020 By Redburnusa

  • Taking Liberties, Example #1

    Modern editors of photographs have well-stocked tool boxes, and stand at the leading edge of an intricate history during which every imaginable style, viewpoint, composition and technique have been tried in photography. It’s all legitimate; each special wrench or brush delicately used can be helpful on occasion. A simple reversal (as above) can bring out […]

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    March 8, 2020 By Redburnusa
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Redburnusa is a pseudonym used by a photographer living near Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Howerton comments on meaning in photography and his own journey from the perspective of a seeker, rather than a professional artist or credentialed intellectual. He has authored each journal entry. Mr. Howerton has created and edited every image appearing here, unless  otherwise indicated in the text. To contact him personally, write to crhowerton@gmail.com.

 

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