In episode 36 of the Fine Art Photography Podcast, all about albumen prints. Intended as a resource for students, photography collectors, or photographers interested in historical processes.
I'll cover these main points: 1) What is an albumen print? 2) Appearance of albumen prints; 3) Longevity of albumen prints; and 4) I'll read an 1860 step-by-step process for creating albumen paper.
Time Codes
01:21 - What is an Albumen Print
06:25 - Appearance of Albumen Prints
10:19 - Longevity of Albumen Prints
11:38 - Circa 1860 Step-by-Step Process for Making Albumen Paper
See samples of albumen prints here:
https://icatchshadows.com/all-about-albumen-prints/
Episode: Southworth & Hawes: America’s Early Masters of the Daguerreotype Portrait
https://anchor.fm/keith-dotson/episodes/Southworth–Hawes-Americas-Early-Masters-of-the-Daguerreotype-Portrait-eihpsk
Albumen print, Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albumen_print
The Albumen Print: Photographic Processes, George Eastman House, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq1RvahEPSk&ab_channel=GeorgeEastmanMuseum
Eastman House, 60,000 Eggs a Day
https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084043/http://image.eastmanhouse.org/files/GEH_1955_04_04.pdf
The Oakland Museum of California
https://museumca.org/exhibit/inspiration-points-masterpieces-california-landscape
The Photographic News, “On the Preparation of Positive Paper,” June 29, 1860, p.101, M. Aleo
https://cool.culturalheritage.org/albumen/library/c19/aleo.html
Eadweard Muybridge, Untitled photograph of the Pigeon Point Lighthouse, The Oakland Museum of California
http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/a72224
Or get a better look here (flickr)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/14096169@N07/1517810098/
Rochester Institute of Technology, “The History, Technique and Structure of Albumen Prints,” James M. Reilly, 1980
https://cool.culturalheritage.org/albumen/library/c20/reilly1980.html
Wikipedia Commons, “Valley of the Yosemite, from Rocky Ford, 1872,” Eadweard J. Muybridge
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eadweard_J._Muybridge_(American,_born_England_-_Valley_of_the_Yosemite,_from_Rocky_Ford_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg