Platinum print
Platinotipia
- Date
- 1873 · confidence high
- Place
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- William Willis
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
A photographic printing process that deposits metallic platinum directly onto the paper instead of silver in gelatin, patented by William Willis and prized for its wide tonal range and great stability.
What it led to
- Highly durable archival photographic prints
- Adoption by pictorialist photographers
- Later variants such as palladium printing