I really like the “red” from the iron and citric acid in the Kallitype prints. I’ve printed a few of these now and am really liking the “look and feel”. When you tone them (with platinum, palladium, or gold), you can stop the toning at any “color” you want (or any red color, I should say). This print has a nice color to my eye. I know it doesn’t translate online, but you can at least see the “red” tone here. I’m after that color in my new work.
This print is one from the Ghost Dance work. I never printed it or published it. It’s of the massacre site on the eastern plains of Colorado. The Battle of Arikaree Fork or Battle of Beecher Island, 1868. This is what’s left of the river.
Here’s an old photo of the same place, many moons ago. The site of the 1868 Battle of Beecher Island — as it appeared in 1917. Located in Yuma County, northeastern Colorado. The Arickaree flows near the camp. The south channel of the Arickaree has closed up, owing to the stream's sifting silt depositions.
