The coater is in the background. The process requires several coatings, ranging from relatively thick to extremely thin. Shown here is the paper drying after the baryta coating operation. Note in the foreground on the floor, a roller-mill used to grind solid pigments. Unlike typical “pigment prints” made by photomechanical inkjet printers which often rely on dyes, Fresson uses pure pigments resulting with permanent images that are not sensitive to the nature of the support.
This Fresson operation will be looking for a new home in the upcoming years.
Development (wash-off) with water and sawdust to remove the unhardened parts of the image.
After exposure the pigmented paper is ‘developed’ with an abrasive solution of water and sawdust. The operation takes place in white light, as shown here, and can last from 2 to 20 minutes. It can even be resumed after the print has dried, days later. No other photographic process offers this kind of control.
The finished print.
The grain effect in this print comes from the original 35 mm infrared film.
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