Fine art photography with a focus on handmade prints.
Fine art photography that emphasizes handmade prints brings the photographer’s vision into tactile, archival form. Instead of treating images as purely digital files, this approach prioritizes material choices, darkroom or alternative-process techniques, and careful finishing to produce objects that stand as artworks in their own right.
Unique variations: Contact printing, hand-coating, toning, or applying resists and textures can produce subtle differences between prints, making each one distinct even within an edition.
Handmade prints in fine art photography are more than reproductions; they are crafted objects that reflect technical skill, aesthetic judgment, and material choices. The result is a print that holds both visual and tactile resonance—a photograph made to last and to be lived with.
Fine art photography that focuses on 1900 century Alternative Photographic Process. These handmade images range from Cyanotype, Platinum Palladium, VanDyke Brown to more contemporary Chemigram, Lumen prints, transfers and mixed media.
Nancy Dodd Photography
Gold Leaf on Vellum
Platinum Palladium on Arches Platine
Platinum Palladium on Arches Platine
Cyanotype and Van Dyke on Stonehenge on Panel