Creative Photography for Textile Designers

Abstract

Photographic processes have exerted a revolutionary impact upon textile-printing technology, and the influence of photography itself upon hand-drawn imagery has been profound. Yet the direct use of photographic images in textile design is limited. This may be due to a number of reasons: lack of adequate coverage of the subject within textile-design education; lack of facilities available to freelance and in-house designers; conservatism of manufacturers; and consumer attitudes to design. Perhaps an awareness of what may be achieved by photographic techniques may stimulate interest in this topic. These techniques may be divided into three categories: images available from the initial exposure: lenses, including macrophotography photomicrography filters exposure controls films effects obtained from darkroom processes: false colour records uneven development photograms posterization bas-relief tone–line solarization effects achieved by photomechanical means: vignetting/combination printing sandwich printing ...