Laurent Lafolie - Photography laboratory and imaging workshop




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Platinum-Palladium

For platinum-palladium printing, ensuring the regularity, quality and longevity of prints is essential.

For platinum-palladium printing, guaranteeing the regularity, quality and longevity of prints by purchasing reliable consumables on the one hand, and using appropriate tools on the other, is essential.The choice of paper, the preparation of chemicals at the laboratory, the constancy of the paper’s drying and humidification, the precision of the contact between the negative transparency and the paper during UV exposure and the quality of the washing are all factors that contribute to the production of exceptional prints.

Drying and regulated humidification chamber	Sink and vacuum UV exposure unit	Large format light table and workspace

Hahnemühle Platinum Rag paper	Platinum-palladium calibration tests	30x40, 40x50 and 50x70cm water pressure washers


Production of ferric oxalate, component of the sensitive solution for the platinum-palladium developing-out-process	Platinum-palladium chemicals	MiniClima Constant Humidity Devices

Large formats

Our fully-equipped workshop allows us to produce large format contact prints.

The workshop is equipped with an exposure unit and with processing material that allow for the production of contact prints of up to 1.30m in width and 2.10m in length.
Contact between the inkjet negative transparency and the paper is created by the vacuum of the exposure unit. This procedure guarantees an optimal sharpness of the image, regardless the type of paper. The prints are developed in a rocking tray that keeps processing regular and improves the quality of successive washings.

Châssis d’insolation à vide d’air et système d’insolation ultraviolet

Vacuum exposure unit and UV exposure unit

Deville in-sink tray rocking system, 130x210cm

110x210cm cotton paper sheet sensitized with platinum-palladium

In-sink tray rocking system
Processing of a platinum-palladium print 110x195 cm

Digital printing, intaglio and laser engravings

Likewise, in order to maintain regularity and precision, the outputs of the screens are regularly calibrated and the printer and the laser engraver adjusted.

With the same concern for regularity and precision, the outputs of the 24', 31' and 86' screens (Eizo and Iiyama) and the laser engraver are regularly calibrated.
The Epson printer dedicated to printing black and white negatives is also suitable for all media: matte, satin and glossy, up to 110 cm wide and 1.2 mm thick and the intaglio press accepts plates and papers up to 100 cm wide.

3 workstations: Mac pro, Mac Studio Ultra, MacBook Pro, PC DEll, Eizo 24', 27' and 31' screens		Ribes intaglio press, up to 100 cm wide

Epson SureColor SC-P8500D large format printer, up to 110 cm wide		Laser Epilog Fusion Maker 36 engraver, up to 60x90 cm

Porcelain print and decals Two kilns allow the porcelain to be fired to its melting point.
		The workshop's electric kilns allow porcelain plates or other materials to be fired at temperatures of up to 1320°C and accept formats up to 40x45 cm.



High temperature kiln		Refractory plates 40x45 cm

Finishing

Once they have been dried and retouched, most platinum-palladium prints have to be pressed and smoothed out. This also applies to certain types of paper used for inkjet prints, especially the finest ones.

The heated vacuum press allows to press prints of up to 90x120cm in size.
A guillotine cutter equipped with a digital display allows precise and perfect cuts when making portfolios of up to 47x47cm in size and 8cm thick.

Heated vacuum press, 90x120cm

Massicot electrique pour la réalisation des portfolios

Electric paper cutter for the creation of portfolios

Laurent Lafolie - Atelier et laboratoire de photographie

12, rue Orbe
64270 Salies-de-Béarn - France

C +33 (0)6 32 22 51 11
email : lafolie.laurent@orange.fr

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