[BCMA] Looking for Photographic Process Term

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Hello Sonia,

>From your photograph, I think you are looking at solar enlargements, also known as crayon portraits.  Katie Whitman has a great article on these types of images: History (culturalheritage.org)<http://resources.culturalheritage.org/pmgtopics/2005-volume-eleven/11_14_Whitman.pdf>.  They are photographic enlargements (usually salted paper prints) with friable media applied overtop to add definition and sometimes colour.

I hope that's helpful!

Regards,
Lauren
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Hello!

Is anyone able to tell us what the term is for a photograph that's been processed or altered in such a way that it looks almost like a painting or sketch? We have a number of framed portraits like this; visually they fall halfway between a photograph and a painting. In some cases, we have the original photograph that was clearly used to create the altered portrait. (Sample attached)

There must be a name for this, but we just haven't been able to find what that is!


Sonia Nicholson
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