The salted paper is a very old technique of photographic printing. The paper is soaked in brine, dried and then coated with silver nitrate which combine the salt product of silver chloride is light sensitive. A small exposure to ultraviolet sunlight through a negative plated on paper and we get a positive on paper. This technique was used early in the century in Japan. The prints were then stained. It is simply magnificent.
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