Hugh Scott-Douglas
Untitled
2013
albumen print mounted to aluminium mounted to linen panel
90 x 60 centimeters
Unique
Hugh SCOTT-DOUGLAS (born in 1983, lives and works in New York) uses for his part a traditional method, the albumin printing, which combines egg white and silver to reveal an image from a negative. Invented in 1855, this method is famous for revolutionizing the nineteenth century society's relation to the photographic image, making possible multiple prints from a negative. Albumin prints were dedicated in large part to sending postcards, which developed the popular practice consisting of giving evidence of one's presence somewhere. The impressions of SCOTT DOUGLAS are made from scans of old silver coins that stopped circulating the same year the technique of albumin was invented. On the surface of these coins, slight traces of hallmarks reflect the many tests made to verify their authenticity.
Hugh Scott-Douglas
Untitled
2013
albumen print mounted to aluminum mounted to linen panel
90 x 60 centimeters
Unique
Hugh SCOTT-DOUGLAS uses a traditional method, the albumin printing, which combines egg white and silver to reveal an image from a negative. Invented in 1855, this method is famous for revolutionizing the nineteenth century society's relation to the photographic image, making possible multiple prints from a negative. Albumin prints were dedicated in large part to sending postcards, which developed the popular practice consisting of giving evidence of one's presence somewhere. The impressions of SCOTT DOUGLAS are made from scans of old silver coins that stopped circulating the same year the technique of albumin was invented. On the surface of these coins, slight traces of hallmarks reflect the many tests made to verify their authenticity.
Hugh Scott-Douglas
Untitled
2013
albumen print mounted to aluminum mounted to linen panel
101 x 61.8 centimeters
Unique
Hugh SCOTT-DOUGLAS uses a traditional method, the albumin printing, which combines egg white and silver to reveal an image from a negative. Invented in 1855, this method is famous for revolutionizing the nineteenth century society's relation to the photographic image, making possible multiple prints from a negative. Albumin prints were dedicated in large part to sending postcards, which developed the popular practice consisting of giving evidence of one's presence somewhere. The impressions of SCOTT DOUGLAS are made from scans of old silver coins that stopped circulating the same year the technique of albumin was invented. On the surface of these coins, slight traces of hallmarks reflect the many tests made to verify their authenticity.
