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In the 1960s there was something of a craze for ultra-high contrast photography, known variously as Lith or drop toning. The origin of this craze lay in the availability of very cheap lithographic printing, which didn't really handle full ranges of tone. Many publishers of cheap magazines made a virtue out of necessity by encouraging photographers to produce high contrast images suitable for this type of work. I sold quite a lot of pictures printed this way, though given the ethos of the time and more importantly the lack of money in this area, I probably gave away more than I sold.
In those days, you had to mess around with high contrast film and chemistry that was really not good to be around. Now, all you need is a basic image editor (Apple's Preview is quite good for this work) and you too can pin your Che Guevara badge to your beret with the best of them.
In those days, you had to mess around with high contrast film and chemistry that was really not good to be around. Now, all you need is a basic image editor (Apple's Preview is quite good for this work) and you too can pin your Che Guevara badge to your beret with the best of them.
