Your images as real silver prints.

Analog enlargements
from digital files.

C-Type RA-4 colour and silver gelatin black & white, exposed on a legendary behemoth of darkroom history. Hand-processed to archival standards.

Your file arrives as pixels, and we use calibrated, custom pipelines to optimally transfer digital colour spaces into analog ones. Tailored printmaking for the highest demands.

All done on fully analog materials. Developed in Fuji chemistry.
Cutaway view of the Durst Lambda 131: paper drum, roll of photographic paper and the RGB laser exposure assembly
Fig. 01 — Durst Lambda 131 · RGB laser exposure unit
The instrument

Durst Lambda 131

Inside: a paper drum, a roll of real photographic paper, and three lasers merged into a single writing beam. The Lambda exposes your file line by line in true continuous tone — everything after that happens in chemistry, by hand.

  • Exposure3 lasers — R · G · B
  • Tonecontinuous, no screening
  • Max width127 cm
  • Resolution200 / 400 ppi — ≈ 4000 dpi
  • Writing speedup to 65 cm / min
  • Colour depth68 billion colours
The work

Four ways to put light on film and paper

01 · Silver gelatin — fibre warmtone

Warmtone fibre, by hand

Your file exposed onto silver-halide black-&-white fibre-based warmtone paper, then hand-processed — developed, double-fixed and archivally washed. Toned in selenium or sulfite for depth and permanence. Up to 127 cm wide, any length.

  • Paperfibre-based · warmtone
  • Toningselenium · sulfite
  • Processhand · double-fixed · archival wash
  • Size127 cm wide · any length
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02 · B&W negatives — internegatives

Negatives for alt-process

Silver-halide black-&-white negatives on real photographic film, made for internegative work in alternative processes — platinum, palladium, cyanotype and beyond. Hand-processed to spec and archivally washed. Up to 127 cm wide.

  • MaterialB&W photographic film
  • Outputnegative · internegative
  • Forplatinum · palladium · cyanotype
  • Max width127 cm
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03 · C-Type — RA-4 colour

Colour with physical depth

Your file written into Fuji Crystal Archive DPII colour paper by three RGB lasers and developed in RA-4 chemistry — continuous tone, no ink, no dots, colour saturated into the deepest shadows. Matt, glossy or pearl. Up to 127 cm wide.

  • PaperFuji Crystal Archive DPII
  • Surfacematt · glossy · pearl
  • ProcessRA-4 · hand-processed
  • Max width127 cm
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04 · Fujitrans — backlit

Light through the image

Your file exposed onto Fujitrans transparent display film — a true photographic transparency made for backlighting. For lightboxes, window displays and illuminated installations. Up to 127 cm wide.

  • MaterialFujitrans display film
  • Usebacklit · lightbox · window
  • ProcessRA-4 · hand-processed
  • Max width127 cm
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The studio

Finishing, prep and editions

Finishing & mounting

Acrylic face-mount, aluminium / Dibond, dry-mounting, framing and museum glazing — finished and ready to hang.

File prep & colour proofing

Calibrated file preparation, colour-managed soft-proofs, profile-to-paper and proof prints before the final exposure.

Editions & certificates

Numbered limited editions, a signed register, certificates of authenticity and blind-stamping — for artists and galleries.

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Your file,
written in light.

Send us your file and tell us paper and size. We'll advise on preparation, make a test print if you like, and hand-process the final enlargement.

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