Books on photomaterials

Recently I have found an interesting title "Historic Photographic
processes" by Richard Farber. The description sounds good, but I would
like to know the opinion of someone of about it. I would like, also,
to know from you some other books that you think are basic to know the
photographic materials. I mean, books that tell, in a very very
technical way, secrets about chemicals and materials to obtain
creative effects.
Thanks

A wonderful book for those wanting to make non-silver prints. I have a copy and
refer to it periodically. While I have not yet actually tried any of the
methods described in it (except for bromoil with so-so results on the first
attempt), I have learned a lot about the processes and the range of results that
can be obtained from each. The book covers salted paper, albumen, cyanotype,
kallitype, platinum/palladium, carbon/carbro, gum bichromate and bromoil. There
are introductory chapters on sizing of papers and safety and a chemical listing
at the back with comments and potential sources of materials.

Basic - well, essential - books for the silver process would include the following:

Anchell, The Darkroom Cookbook, 2nd Ed.
Anchell and Troop, The Film Developing Cookbook
Stroebel et al., Basic Photographic Materials and Processes
Tim Rudman, The Photographer's Master Printing Course
Tim Rudman, The Master Photographer's Lith Printing Course
Tim Rudman, The Master Photographer's Toning Book
Ansel Adams, The Negative
Ansel Adams, The Print


Francis A. Miniter



Dada wrote:

 > Recently I have found an interesting title "Historic Photographic
 > processes" by Richard Farber. The description sounds good, but I would
 > like to know the opinion of someone of about it. I would like, also,
 > to know from you some other books that you think are basic to know the
 > photographic materials. I mean, books that tell, in a very very
 > technical way, secrets about chemicals and materials to obtain
 > creative effects.
 > Thanks