Fire Escape Roanoke Virginia cyanotype original art ACEO

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I love fire escapes. I have spent a lot of time in weird places, trying to get a photo of a fire escape from the bottom to the top. This one is in Roanoke, Virginia, downtown. The second photo is an enlargement of the corner so you can see the details clearly. This technique is called cyanotype, or blueprinting. Each cyanotype is original. The process was discovered in 1842, when a mixture of iron salts converted to a permanent Prussian blue when exposed to UV light. Today cyanotypes are made with the direct action of chemicals on the iron salts (called chemigrams) or from the use of botanicals such as dried flowers to form a mask for the UV (called photograms). These were made with a process of a photographic negative, converted to black and white, and then inverted so the dark is light, etc. That negative is exposed over the treated paper to the sun. The third picture shows my set up out on the sidewalk, and we were hoping for a sunny day. This ACEO is signed and titled on the back. I will take care of shipping. I can ship internationally with a stamp and envelope.