Originally Posted by
Drew Wiley
Ilfochrome can be a stunning process, but to do it correctly requires masking skills.
If a commercial lab was competent to provide this kind of service, it would realistically cost far more than the print itself due to the time involved. For this reason nearly all the really good Ciba prints one enounters have been done either by a lab specializing in this particular media, or by individual artists doing their own printing. Just imagine a digital print with virtually no Photoshop correction to the
curve or color balance - that would be equivalent to a Ciba with no corrective masking. Or they could just be using out-of-date paper which simply won't balance.
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