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Photo-mechanical processes


 
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Witness the moment photography moved from the darkroom to the printing press. This category explores the radical transition from light-sensitive chemicals to permanent ink, enabling the mass distribution of images that defined the modern world.

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Contents

Introduction
1Introduction to photo-mechanical processes
Early processes
2Printing from daguerreotype plates (Etching and engraving)
3Chromolithographs
4Armand Hippolyte Fizeau: Photoengraving
5Henry Fox Talbot: Photogenic engravings
6Introduction to photolithographs
7Photogalvanographs
8Collotypes
9Halftones
10Heliogravures
11Photochroms
12Rotogravures
13Woodburytypes

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