Experience the timeless beauty of true analog photography through my unique contact printing service. Using your digital image, I'll create a custom digital negative and print it by hand in the darkroom—producing a genuine silver-gelatin contact print at 8"×10" (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm).
Each print is made using traditional darkroom chemistry, preserving every tone and texture with remarkable depth and honesty. Simply upload your photo, and I’ll transform it into an authentic analog artifact, crafted with care, signed and shipped for free, directly to you within an archival plastic sleeve.
Each print is crafted entirely by hand using a traditional analog darkroom process. Your digital image is transformed into a custom negative, then contact printed directly onto silver-gelatin paper — a one-to-one print made without digital enlargement or manipulation.
This method preserves every tonal nuance and surface detail, creating a depth and authenticity impossible to replicate with modern printing. The result is an archival, museum-quality photograph that embodies the honesty and intimacy of early photographic craft — a true handmade object, not just another print.
If you don’t have a photo of your own to upload, you can still experience the beauty of an authentic analog contact print.
Browse my Gallery and choose any photograph that resonates with you — landscapes, portraits, abstracts, or still lifes. Each selected image will be hand-printed as an 8"×10" silver-gelatin contact print using the same darkroom process I offer for custom uploads.
Simply note the filename (SKU number) of the image you’d like, and include it in your order message. I’ll craft your chosen print by hand and ship it directly to you — a true analog piece, made from my original negative.
How It’s Made
Each contact print is made slowly and deliberately in the darkroom — a process that takes two to three hours from start to finish. First is the photo conversion to artistic black and white and its enhancement. Then, calibrating and printing the digital negative.
In the darkroom the negative is placed directly against the silver-gelatin paper under glass, exposed to light, and developed by hand through traditional chemistry. After careful fixing and archival washing, the print is left to dry naturally before being flattened and inspected.
Nothing is automated; every step depends on touch, timing, and intuition. The result is a true darkroom print — rich in tone, tactile in surface, and made to last for generations.