About 139Printroom
Specialist photographic printers concentrating on Platinum Printing and other Alternative Processes. Also runs workshops and courses.
139Printroom Description
As well as hand crafting stunningly beautiful Platinum /Palladium prints for an international clientele of photographers, galleries, estates and archives, 139printroom also run workshops. If you are interested in learning how to make them, or other alternative processes, please click on our website link to find out more.
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We have moved into our new darkroom in the Haarlem Artspace in Wirksworth Derbyshire, on the edge of the Peak District National Park. We've also revised our printing workshops so please take a look. https://www.139printroom.co.uk/news/works hops
We have now moved into our new darkroom at the Haarlem Artspace in Wirksworth, Derbyshire. It’s in a wonderful 18thC cotton mill on the edge of the Peak District National Park. To celebrate our move, we are offering a 15% discount off our new range of Printing Workshops until the end of the year. Even if you are unable to attend your workshop until the new year, as long as you have booked before December 31st 2018 you will qualify for the discount. Remember these workshops are taught on a 1 to 1 basis with master printer Richard Freestone and can be arranged on weekdays or weekends to suit you. https://www.139printroom.co.uk/news/works hops
To celebrate the opening of the exhibition “Victorian Giants: The Birth Of Art Photography” the National Portrait Gallery in conjunction with 139 Printroom have released 4 limited editions of 15 Albumen Prints of the works of Julia Margaret Cameron, Oscar Rejlander, Lewis Carroll and Clementina Hawarden. Each one of these prints was hand crafted using exactly the same materials and technique as the 19th Century originals. For More info go to https://www.139printroom.co.uk/news/
Artist Fernando Holguin and some the Platinum/Palladium prints he made during his workshop at http://www.139printroom.co.uk
"The Garden Gate". A Platinum/Palladium print. Not only do we hand craft these beautiful photographic prints for our clients, but we also run workshops where anyone can learn how to make them. http://www.139printroom.co.uk
Another edition of exquisite Platinum/Palladium prints commissioned by Magnum Photos. These for Chris Steele-Perkins, are from his "Teds" series and are due to go on exhibition at Magnum's Gee Street print room from 21st September to the end of October.
As well as crafting Platinum prints for clients, we also run workshops where photographers learn the 19th century craft themselves. Here is a print that Roberto Aguilar made during his workshop.
Two Lakeland landscapes hand crafted in Platinum/Palladium for Jack Lowe. Great Gable and Scafell Pike.
"Hari" a stunning portrait by Jonathan Knowles hand crafted in Platinum/Palladium.
If you would like to know more about Ian's project here is a link to his website http://www.aitkenprints.co.uk/
Photographer Ian Aitken asked us to make 4, 30x22 Platinum prints from his Northern White Rhino series.
One of my own images. "Dahlia 1" a 20x24 inch Plattinum/Palladium print.
Photographer Martin Sundstrom, who is based in Stockholm, commissioned us to make a Platinum/Palladium print of his photo of a leaf skeleton. It was then used on the cover of a Swedish medical journal.
An evocative portrait in Platinum/Palladium of the late lamented Pete Postlethwaite by Paul Elton.
Just like Keith you too can learn how to make exquisite Platinum/Palladium prints. Click on this link to find out more. http://www.139printroom.co.uk/news/worksh ops
Another edition of Platinum/Palladium prints commissioned by Magnum from Dennis Stock's shot of the legendary James Dean.