Conference "Platinotype and alchemy"

In this conference, we will take a visual and conceptual journey around one of the noblest and most permanent photographic processes, from its origins in the 19th century to its contemporary practice. Platinotype beyond a copying technique, is a way of understanding the image where matter, time and light are directly related. Agustí Fernández also introduces the idea of platinotype as a process close to alchemy, as a transformation of noble metals —platinum …