How long does a Photo Last ?

 How long does a Photograph last ? Some of the first ever made have held up perfectly, their images as durable as if they had been carved in stone. For Black and white Photos, archival processing is not very different from customary method of developing, fixing and washing. It basically an extension of the ordinary procedures, involving a few extra steps.
During development, those grains of silver salts that have been exposed to light are reduced to black metallic silver, which forms the image; but unexposed grains are reduced and remain in silver form of a silver compound.
When these silver-fixer complexes decompose they produce a brown-yellow compound may discolor the entire print. Archival processing includes procedures that eliminate the traces of residual chemical that washing alone cannot entirely remove.
 I Hand Tone all of my Black and White Photo Art the Classic way. There are several reasons for toning a black and white print: to make the photograph more permanent; I love to use BERG BROWN/COPPER Toning Solution is a single bath solution used for toning black and white prints or films, having no offensive odor. The tonal range is very long, giving initially a warming effect, then a brown tone, followed by a sepia and flesh, and finally a deep metallic copper tone. The actual tone produced depends on the length of time of toning and the photographic material.
Color Photo Art born inside a Camera the Classic way.

Black and White Photo Delivered in my Dark room.

Hand Tinted Black and White Photo the Classic way, Photo has been Copper Toned.


My Hand Tinted Photo Art is original and signed. Photo meets or exceeds Archive standards.

My 2 Zone Technique Formula.

This is a Color Photo Born Inside  a Camera.
 
 I use the rules of third  as guide to determine where I place my colors.
 This is a Side view of a Photograph.
 

A,3=Fore Ground Top.	B,3=Top Middle Ground.	C,3=Top Back Ground.
B,2=Fore Ground Middle	B,2=Mid Ground Middle.	C,2=Back Ground Middle.
A,1=Fore Ground Bottom.	B,1=Middle Ground Bottom.	C,1=Back  Ground Bottom.

 
This is a Black and White Print Delivered inside my Darkroom. 

This is Frontal view of a Photograph or scene.   

X,3=Top Left.	Y,3=Top Middle.	Z,3=Top Right.
X,2Middle Left.	Y,2=Mid Middle	Z,2=Middle Right
X,1=Bottom Left.	Y,1=Bottom Middle.	Z,1=Bottom Right.

This is Hand Tinted Photo the Classic way.


This Technique can be applied to any Media. The colors lead the viewers eye to focus on certain areas of the Final Photo Art. I use only color film to create my Black and White Photo Art. Color films have three layers and Black and White Film have only two layers. I find that color films record the true mood of each scene as it really is. Reds are red, blues are blue, and greens are green. Black and white films records the tones and not the hues and the chroma of each scene as it exist. I use my color prints to aide in my color balancing process. This is the most exciting aspect of my 2 Zone Technique. I use Zone "A" to compose my Color Photo Art inside the camera. I then use Zone "B" to develop my Black and White Print.
  I have a simple formula that I created to achieve my color balance and color contrast of each final print. I use the actual Color Photo as a guide when I Hand Tint my Black and White Photo the Classic way. I use up to 27 points when I color my prints.
 The foreground = A, middle = B, back = C. The bottom = 1, middle = 2, and top = 3. I can place my hues of color in one the cubes to create unimaginable illusions of Grandeur.