I need to know where I can find information on the photographic technique called "bas relief"? It gives an 3D effect

-- holly (smilieee@hotmail.com), April 04, 2001

Answers

A quick web search yields this:

"Bas relief- This is a technique whereby a positive image is made of the original negative by contact printing. The negative and positive are then superimposed. The sandwiched pair is then set slightly out of register and printed. The exact pictorial effect varies depending on the density of the positive record and the density to which the larger areas of the image are printed. Usually, the broader areas appear devoid of large density variations but they retain their identity. The edges of these areas, because they gain or lose relative density as a result of the superimposition process, impart a "shadowing" effect in the direction that the two records were displaced. While this is the most common way to do bas-relief, variations have been produced where the two records are of slightly different sizes giving yet another variation on the same general theme."

-- Chris Ellinger (chris@ellingerphoto.com), April 05, 2001.

Holly,

You want to find a book called "Photography" by Charles Swedlund. He was my professor at SIU, and has written the only thing I've ever seen on bas relief. I'm not sure who the books' publisher is.

Jon Osing

-- Jon Osing (josing@bcr.com), April 12, 2001.