paul_white11

I have been a professional photographer for 56 years, having begun with sheet film and flashbulbs right up to the present using the latest digital cameras.. I have done my own film processing and printing, black and white and color. I tried for years to duplicate this process but to no avail. I tried forming the still-wet print in the convex glass, steaming the print and every other way I could imagine. The problem is that the print always wrinkles at the curves. I suspect that originally the cardboard was bought pre-formed and the photographers of yesteryear painted the emulsion on the cardboard, exposed and developed it. If anyone has found a way to do it otherwise I would love to know about it.