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Teresa K Morrison

@teresa-k-morrison.bsky.social

I'm a darkroom prof whose practice focuses on camera-less processes using antique emulsions. I maintain a large archive of historical photographic papers. I like cats. Website: teresakmorrison.com Substack: teresakmorrison.substack.com

125 Followers  |  142 Following  |  26 Posts  |  Joined: 25.01.2025  |  1.9746

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Love the iridescent silver surfacing in this lumen print, made on reliably fab Kodak Opal.

Compost-developed lumen, wild dill, Kodak Opal G, 5" x 7", expired November 1948

#alternativeprocess #experimentaldarkroom #expiredphotopaper #cameralessphotography #lumenprint

01.07.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I exposed and lith-developed the top sheet in a 90-year-old box of paper and it had a lot to say.

Kodak Velox glossy, 2.75" x 4.5", ca 1930s

#alternativeprocess #experimentaldarkroom #expiredphotopaper #cameralessphotography

19.03.2025 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Cannot imagine a lovelier guide in the wilderness

15.02.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some old photo papers are super extra, like they've been waiting a lifetime to say something and, called upon at last, combust with a century's worth of heat.

Lith-developed chemigram, brome grass on Kodak Azo Grade A, 5" x 7", expired 1928

#chemigram #alternativeprocess #experimentaldarkroom

15.02.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Right?!

11.02.2025 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lith-developed phytogram (2025), brome grass on Haloid Industro, 5" x 7", exp. ca 1910

(The Haloid Photographic Co., established 1906, was renamed Xerox Corp. in 1961)

#phytogram #alternativeprocess #experimentaldarkroom #expiredphotopaper #cameralessphotography

11.02.2025 06:39 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Delighted to be among such illustrious creative company. Thanks to @flakphoto.news for the labor of love.

05.02.2025 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great writeup! I like the way you write about your process.

04.02.2025 05:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Too kind!

02.02.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
American Picnic (2021) β€” Teresa K Morrison

Wondering whether you've seen my American Picnic series, pics taken on a pandemic-era cross-country roadtrip to see my in-laws in Georgia. Great minds and all. teresakmorrison.com/picnics

02.02.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful and vital exhibition. You're a rock star.

02.02.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Image completed in 2025, though arguably 100 years in the making. (Paper-borne mold spores not visible pre-development.)

Lumen print, fallen magnolia bloom on Kodak Austral Nepera glossy, 3.25” x 4.25”, expired circa 1920s, processed 2025

#alternativeprocess #experimentaldarkroom

01.02.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I like what you did there

30.01.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fallen red hibiscus bloom collected in the courtyard of Ernest Hemingway’s house in Key West, FL.

Lith-developed lumen print on Kodak Polycontrast G, double-weight, 4” x 5”, expired Dec. 1972

29.01.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Really lovely

27.01.2025 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ooh, nice to see you here. Followed!

27.01.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am one such, however camera-less and altie. Nice to meet you.

27.01.2025 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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After eight months of drought and 19 days of citywide wildfires, it's raining in Los Angeles. A moment of grace…even as we brace for mudslides.

Lithed and bleached lumen print, palm fiber on Agfa Brovira glossy single-weight photo paper, 3.25" x 4.5", expired 1953

27.01.2025 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They always look so sad, nostalgic for the late-2010s

26.01.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll be there! Look forward to seeing it in person.

26.01.2025 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed, yet there's something kind of charming these days about feeling unknown by the algorithm!

26.01.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Those colors! I do love playing with warmtone papers!

26.01.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd like to inhabit this (but maybe with a space heater)

25.01.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just out here in L.A., waiting for promised rain.

Lith-developed chemigram, common sowthistle on Haloid Flexo, 4" x 5", expired circa 1910.

25.01.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am simultaneously jealous of the photographic subjects at hand and freaking cold just looking at them...

25.01.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The fabulousΒ @christineleesmith.bsky.social invited me to participate in a group show she's curating focused on photography's slippery relationship with time. If you're in the L.A. metro area, come on by the reception January 27 from 6 to 8 pm at Biola University's beautiful Bardwell Project Space.

25.01.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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