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  • Stephen Dupont's “White Sheet Series”

    Hand printed at Blanco Negro on Foma warmtone matte with special developer. 94 sheets of paper, 28 liters of developer and 10 days in the darkroom. Printed a few years ago now, funny how one remembers. Nice job Steveo with the woodcuts….. From April 2, 2014 Stephen Dupont’sย new work The White Sheet Series No. 1…

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  • “The Lost Boys Of Sudan” by Chris Peken

    The Lost Boys of Sudan, an exhibition by Chris Peken, is a show I’m starting on Tuesday. It was a bit of a surprise as I deleted my system folder to make room for a scratch disk (I’m sticking to darkroom stuff) and lost a fair bit of info,ย bookings etc. Another surprise was they are…

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  • Keepin' outta trouble….

    Keeping outta trouble….. It's been a busy week in the darkroom and the pics below gives an idea what I've been working on. The Gyuto Monks have been coming to Australia for the past twenty years and Tobi Wilkinson has been documenting them for as long as I can remember. View more of Tobi's fine…

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  • Another assistant….

    With many thanks to Nick la Rosa for all his advice, time and patience, Blanco Negro is beginning the move into digital social media. 3 posts a week Iโ€™ve been commanded to perform, and this is the first. So here is a little news from the darkside. I have a new assistant, lasted 3 months…

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  • “The Gathering 2012” at Blanco Negro

    Please join us on April the 24th for the opening night of “the Gathering” 2012. On display will be a collection of hand crafted photographs, mostly printed by the photographers themselves from the surrounds of Trentham, Victoria. For manyย years now, 25+ photographers gather at Gold Street Studios along with their large format cameras, ranging from…

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  • “My Element” group exhibition

    Hand printed at Blanco Negro using the Devere DS digital enlarger : over 20 odd printed over 2 days and Devere digital enlarger didn’t skip a beat. Good luck to all the guys on opening night! Proudlyย sponsoredย by Blanco Negro

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  • “Two Boroughs” by Mark Staplefeldt

    Another exhibition….. This is a collection of images by Mark Staplefeldt, printed in colour and hand made Black & White. On show between the 19th – 25th of April at Blank_Space Gallery in Surry Hills. All the best Mark!

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  • Upcoming Exhibition @ Blanco Negro

    Opening soon at Blanco Negro will be “The Gathering” of 2012. A collection of hand made photographs by various large format photogrpahers from across Australia. Please RSVP to chris@localhost if you think you can make it, or any other social way…..

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  • Jerry Uelsmann

    PRINT OF THE WEEK: Jerry Uelsmann. Just thought I'd share the latest print in the collection, with thanks to Point Light Gallery. Last year they held an exhbition by Jerry Uelsmann, master print maker. Seeing this show was a dream come true. REAL Uelsmann prints, in the flesh so to speak and I just had…

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  • Hand made folio by Jack Picone

    Been in the dark eight days straight… should have a bed in there! I just thought I'd share a pic of Jack Picone's latest panorama folio. The edition consist of ten hand made 24/10″ prints which I was lucky enough to print for Jack mid last year. I have my copy of the folio handy…

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  • Tim Page – “Diggers in the Nam”

    A collection of 20 gelatin silver prints from 1965 โ€“ 1969. ย Prints are from the personal collection of Chris Reid, originally produced in 2012. For purchasing enquires, please contactย Tim Pageย orย Josef Lebovic Gallery DIGGERS IN THE NAM A Limited Edition of 5 box sets To mark the 50th Anniversary of Australian troops involvement in the Vietnam…

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  • Blast to the Past

    Yea haa for friday….. Just thought I’d share some old photo mag covers from the 80’s thru to the naughties. A friend passed on 3 boxes of these goodies and I’m slowly getting through them. They reminded me of the feeling one gets when printing a neg from 20 years ago, watching it appear through…

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