Le cyanotype est un procédé ancien de tirage photographique par contact qui utilise le soleil et produit après insolation un bleu énigmatique, clin d’oeil évident à l’azur de la Riviera. Mise au point par Sir John Hershel en 1842 à partir d’un mélange de citrate d’ammonium ferrique et de ferricyanure de potassium, cette technique offre une grande liberté artisanale et artistique. Avec le choix du support, la fabrication et l’application de la chimie au pinceau, le tirage par insolation du cyanotype devient un véritable objet unique, où la main et le regard de l’artiste sont indispensables.
Cyanotype is an ancient process of photographic contact printing that uses the sun and produces an enigmatic cyan-blue after sunstroke, an obvious nod to the azure of the Riviera. Developed by Sir John Hershel in 1842 from a mixture of ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide, this technique offers great craftsmanship and artistic freedom. With the choice of the medium, the fabrication and the application of the chemistry with a brush, the cyanotype exposure printing becomes a truly unique object, where the artist’s hand and gaze are essential.
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