Mike Ware

Who is Mike Ware?

Michael J. Ware is a chemist and photographer, known for his work in alternative photographic processes, earlier methods of printing photographic images that were succeeded by the more common silver-gelatin used today. His website includes practical instructions for the argyrotype, cyanotype, platinotype, palladiotype, and chrysotype processes. The site also includes papers on various technical issues, the conservation of 'alternative process' prints, historical essays, galleries, and extensive lists of links and resources.

His published works include:

Cyanotype: The History, Science and Art of Photographic Printing in Prussian Blue

Mechanisms of Image Deterioration in Early Photographs: The Sensitivity to Light of W H F Talbot\'s Halide-fixed Images