
Synopsis
What you will learn in this film…
A unique printing process • Direct charcoal printing • The stages of a four-colour print • An entirely artisanal photographic printing workshop created by a carpenter • Seeing an image appear with Fresson know-how• Seeing retouching by hand • The Fresson workshop archives • Preparation of a colour based on pigments • Founder Théodore-Henri Fresson's great inventions • A craftsman-printer's tips
Film Chapters
00:00 Colour separation
03:11 Blue and yellow
21:36 Archives and red
29:12 The Fresson kitchen
36:14 Purple, black and finishing off
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The authors/artists



Further exploration
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• BERNARD PLOSSU : WESTERN COLORS - author: Francis Hodgson ; 2016 ; Thames and Hudson Ltd
• EDGES - artist: Dolorès Marat ; 1996 ; Dewi Lewis Publishing
Wood enlarger • pigments • 90° alcohol • Dichromate • Sawdust • Pans • Fans • Gas lamp