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Vintage albumen print photograph
Lake on the Suez Canal, Egypt
Albumen paper is the first process for making paper prints from a glass plate negative.
This silver halide printing process uses albumen, found in egg white, to fix photographic chemicals onto paper. It became the main method for producing positive prints from 1855 until the turn of the century, reaching its peak of use between 1860 and 1890.
Lake on the Suez Canal, albumen print c.1870
Vintage albumen print photograph
Lake on the Suez Canal, Egypt
Dug between 1859 and 1869, under the direction of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the Suez Canal allows ships to travel from Europe to Asia without having to sail around Africa via the Cape of Good Hope. It revives an ancient idea of a link between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, already realized by the pharaohs and envisioned by Venice during the Renaissance.
Albumen paper is the first process for making paper prints from a glass plate negative.
This silver halide printing process uses albumen, found in egg white, to fix photographic chemicals onto paper. It became the main method for producing positive prints from 1855 until the turn of the century, reaching its peak of use between 1860 and 1890.