(photography) a very
involved and complicated
process for developing photographs that uses oil pigments.
(photography) a very complicated
process for developing photographs involving the
use of oil pigments (coloring
matter mixed with oil). Let's take an
esoteric process like bromoil.
-A Summary of Study (4 Aug. 64) (photography) a very
involved and complicated
process for developing photographs that uses oil pigments. Let's take an
esoteric process like bromoil.
- A Summary of Study (4 Aug. 64) n. a
reference to a
special process of
producing a photographic print that is essentially a
painting. The name comes from brom-, a prefix used in denoting something which contains an
acid called
bromine (such as bromide, a chemical in the original photographic paper used in this
process) and oil. The steps of making a bromoil are many and detailed but
include bleaching the
color from the original photograph and then re-creating it by
painting the photograph with oily ink. This ink tends to
stick to the darker areas of the photograph and be repelled by the lighter areas, with the
intermediate portions varying between these two extremes, resulting in a
unique print.