Michael Ginsburg, co-founder of Legion Paper, discusses the historic photographic medium of platinum and palladium printing with master printer, Arkady Lvov. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Parsons School of Design in 1988 he opened a studio specializing in platinum printing and other rare photographic processes. Among his clients are Annie Leibovitz, Elliot Erwitt, Lillian Bassman, and many others.

A master with the 8×10 inch view camera, Arkady’s personal photographic projects are primarily on the subjects of still life and cityscape. Lvov’s work has been exhibited at many galleries in the US and Europe.

1:20 Michael Ginsburg Introduces Arkady Lvov
4:08 Walk through the platinum printing process
5:55 Clearing process
7:15 Creating a paper for Platinum printing
8:22 The role of paper and its significance in platinum printing
9:00 Arches Platine and Revere Platinum - differences
13:25 Calcium Carbonate - why it's not used in platinum printing paper
16:45 Revere and the different sheet formats available
17:10 How large can one print?
20:30 Matting and Framing Platinum Prints
22:12 Tour of Arkady's studio
26:50 What kind of lighting is needed to view platinum prints?
28:15 Why the edges of a platinum print are not 'clean'
30:55 UV Light and exposure
31:38 Producing negatives (traditional and inkjet)
35:50 The Malde Ware printing process
38:09 SLIDESHOW - Arkady Still Life Prints
42:00 SLIDESHOW - Arkady 'Venice by Night'
47:12 SLIDESHOW - Works by Arkady's Clients
48:00 "Marylin Monroe, New York, 1956" by Elliott Erwitt
48:46 "The Arctic Melt" by Diane Tuft
50:20 "Model with a Ball, New York, 1991" by Len Prince
50:58 "Guggenheim Cafe" by Douglas Dubler
51:30 "Hands" by Robert Stivers
52:45 "Nelson Mandela in his Cell on Robben Island (Revisit), 1994" by Juergen Schadeberg
54:08 "Pablo Picasso and Ezio Gribaudo, Vallauris, 1951" Photographer Unknown
56:45 "Young Beatles" by Astrid Kirchherr
58:30 "At the Pride Parade" by Builder Levy
1:00:00 "Eric" by Barbara Luisi
1:00:41 "Son" by Elisabeth Sunday
1:01:30 "Brice Springsteen, 2005" by Danny Clinch
1:01:54 "A Young Muslin Woman in Brooklyn, New York, 1990" by Chester Higgins, Jr.
1:02:35 "Dizzy Gillespie, 1978" by Marco Glaviano
1:03:12 "Spoons" by Robert Maxwell
1:03:45 "Across the Restaurant, Paris, 1949" by Lilian Bassman
1:05:45 "Irina Dvorovenko" by Douglas Dubler
1:06:00 "Frida Kahlo, 1941" by Leo Matiz

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