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Platinum Print

1873–1930

Patented in 1873 in England, the platinum printing process (sometimes known as platinotypes) enjoyed widespread use between 1880 and 1916. For these prints, a light-sensitive solution of platinum and iron was coated directly onto paper and exposed under a negative. As with salt prints, the sensitized solution saturated the paper fibers, giving the photograph a soft, matte look. Platinum printing practically disappeared during World War I, when an embargo on the metal set prices soaring and made its use for photography unpractical. Many members of Stieglitz’s circle valued platinum prints for their remarkable tonal range and crisp detail.

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Edward Steichen

Midnight Lake George, 1904

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F. Holland Day

Menelek, 1896/1902

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Heinrich Kühn

Portrait of Young Boy with Arm Across Back of Chair (Hans Kühn), c. 1906

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Frederick H. Evans

Piscina in Chancel of Little Snoring Church, Norfolk, England, c. 1905

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Edward Steichen

Kitty and Alfred Stieglitz, 1905

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Frank Eugene

La Cigale, 1898

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Frank Eugene

Portrait of Miss Jones, c. 1899

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Frank Eugene

Portrait of Goetz, c. 1900

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Frank Eugene

Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz, c. 1899

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Frank Eugene

Portrait of Two Young Men, 1905/15

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Frank Eugene

Small Boy Dressed as a Faun, 1908

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Frank Eugene

Portrait of a Woman, c. 1900

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Frank Eugene

La Cigale, 1898

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Alfred Stieglitz

A Street in Sterzing, The Tyrol, 1890

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Alfred Stieglitz

From the Back-Window “291” Snow-Covered Tree, Back-Yard, 1915

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Alfred Stieglitz

From the Back-Window “291”, 1915

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Alfred Stieglitz

Marsden Hartley, 1916

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Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen

John Marin, 1910, printed by Alfred Stieglitz

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Alfred Stieglitz

Arthur G. Dove, 1912

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Alfred Stieglitz

Ma, 1915/17

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Alfred Stieglitz

Georgia O’Keeffe, 1919/21

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Alfred Stieglitz

Georgia O’Keeffe, 1918

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Alfred Stieglitz

Georgia O’Keeffe, 1918

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Alfred Stieglitz

Georgia O’Keeffe, 1919/20

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Frederick H. Evans

York Minster: Looking from the Chapter House Interior, c. 1902

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Edward Steichen

Rodin, Paris, 1907

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Edward Steichen

Portrait of Clarence White, 1908

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Edward Steichen

Midnight Lake George, 1904

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Frank Eugene

The Horse, c. 1900

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Frank Eugene

Sir Henry Irving, c. 1900

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Frank Eugene

Hortensia, 1898

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Frank Eugene

Brigitta, c. 1906

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Frank Eugene

Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz, c. 1899

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Clarence H. White

Alfred Stieglitz, 1907/1908

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Clarence H. White

The Fountain, 1905/1906

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Clarence H. White

Evening—Mother and Boys, 1905

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Clarence H. White

Untitled, 1901/05

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Clarence H. White

Sunlight, 1899, printed 1901

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Clarence H. White

Girl with Muff, 1906

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F. Holland Day

Ethiopian Monarch, 1897, printed c. 1902

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F. Holland Day

An Ethiopian Chief, 1897, printed c. 1902 [?]

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F. Holland Day

Study of Head of Christ, 1898

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Sarah Choate Sears

Portrait of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, c. 1900

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Gertrude Käsebier

Alfred Stieglitz, 1902, printed 1906

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Heinrich Kühn

Seated Woman Untying Slipper, c. 1910

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Heinrich Kühn

Portrait of Stieglitz, 1909

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Edward Steichen

Winter Landscape, 1899

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Edward Steichen

The Pool, 1899

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Paul Strand

Frame Building, 1916

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