Solarization
This is a photographic phenomenon in which the image recorded on a negative or print is wholly or partially reversed in tone. The process was discovered by Armand Sabatier in 1860 when he accidentally re-exposed a print to white light while it was still in the developer. Prints are usually darker because light areas appear dark, but there are distinct white lines called Mackie lines which define where black and white areas meet. The unoxidized crystals (being activated by the second exposure) react with the already mostly or fully oxidized crystals to retard development and form the nearly white lines, which have a crisp halo-like appearance.
Man Ray was a photographer, painter, and filmmaker who was the only American to play a major role in both the and Dada and Surrealist movements. He experimented with solarization which renders part of a photographic image negative and part positive by exposing a print or negative to a flash of light during development. He was among the first artists to use the process, known since the 1840s, for aesthetic purposes.
Man Ray was a photographer, painter, and filmmaker who was the only American to play a major role in both the and Dada and Surrealist movements. He experimented with solarization which renders part of a photographic image negative and part positive by exposing a print or negative to a flash of light during development. He was among the first artists to use the process, known since the 1840s, for aesthetic purposes.