Processes > Photogravure

Photogravure

1850s–present

The earliest method of reproducing photographs in ink, photogravures peaked in popularity at the turn of the 20th century. The production of a photogravure required a negative the size of the desired print, which was used to expose a sheet of gelatin-coated paper or tissue. This was transferred to a copper plate and acted as a resist material while the plate was washed in acid baths of various strengths, eating away at the metal’s exposed portions. As with an etching, the clean etched plate was then inked and printed on paper. Offering rich midtones and soft blacks, the photogravure was prized by many members of the Photo-Secession and was the preferred medium for the images Stieglitz included in Camera Work.

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James Craig Annan

A Venetian Requiem, 1894

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James Craig Annan

Venice from Lido, c. 1894

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James Craig Annan

Pipa, c. 1894

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James Craig Annan

A Mendicant, c. 1894

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James Craig Annan

A Lombardy Pastoral, 1894

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James Craig Annan

Stirling Castle, c. 1903

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James Craig Annan

Bolney Backwater, c. 1908

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James Craig Annan

Ploughing on the Campagnetta, 1894

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Alfred Stieglitz

The City of Ambitions, 1910

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Alfred Stieglitz

Spring – The Child, 1901

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Alfred Stieglitz

The Flatiron, 1903

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Alfred Stieglitz

The Street, Fifth Avenue, 1900/01

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Alfred Stieglitz

The Railroad Yard, Winter, 1903

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Alfred Stieglitz

Going to the Post, Morris Park, 1904

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Alfred Stieglitz

On the Seine—Near Paris, 1894, printed 1897

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Alfred Stieglitz

Outward Bound, The Mauretania, 1910

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Alfred Stieglitz

Two Towers, New York, 1911

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Alfred Stieglitz

Old and New New York, 1910

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Alfred Stieglitz

The Steerage, 1907, printed 1915

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Alfred Stieglitz

The Terminal, 1893

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Alfred Stieglitz

Spring Showers, 1900/01

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Alfred Stieglitz

The Hand of Man, 1902

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Heinrich Kühn

The Artist’s Umbrella (Der Malschirm), 1908

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Heinrich Kühn

Portrait of Two Children, 1910

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Heinrich Kühn

Still Life with Fruit, 1910

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Heinrich Kühn

On the Hillside (A Study in Values), 1910

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Alfred Stieglitz

A Venetian Canal, 1894, printed 1897

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Alfred Stieglitz

A Wet Day on the Boulevard, Paris, 1894, printed c. 1897

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Alfred Stieglitz

Reflections—Venice, 1894, printed 1897

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Alfred Stieglitz

Scurrying Home, 1894, printed 1897

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