Cyanotype — Vision Picturale product photograph for alternative photographic printing
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Cyanotype Box — Iconic Blue

VP N°01 and VP N°02 cyanotype chemistry, 250 ml each, with a calibration target. Support, film, UV source and tools are selected separately.

€39Chemistry kit only — supports, film, UV source and tools are selected separately.

Quantity

1

Success guaranteeA kit on its own is sold to equipped studios: with a Luminograph, or once you declare your experience in “Build your studio” below.

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Compose your workspace

The printing chain, step by step. What the boxed set contains is marked, the rest can be added — or ticked “I already have it”.

Complete workspace

1/5 steps

Format

The recommended workshop for this kit

Luminograph A4 · Starter Kit · PULPØ — 900 gsm · 25 × 35 cm (10 sheets) · HD Negative Film — A4

1 year of Calibration Flow Pro included with the Luminograph. Daylight works too, with experience: every line can be unticked, or marked “I already have it”.

01 · Chemistry — included in this boxed set

3
  • VP N°01 — Iron Salt

    250 ml
  • VP N°02 — Cyanotype Developer

    250 ml
  • Calibration target included

02 · Support

3

03 · Negative

1

04 · UV exposure

1

05 · Studio tools

1

Success guarantee

A boxed set on its own, for an equipped studio.

We sell a chemistry kit on its own to studios that can succeed with it: a Luminograph, or the experience and equipment you tell us about. Nothing to prove — one box to tick.

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€39

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What you can create

Process guide

Find the steps, practical advice and safety information for this process in its dedicated guide.

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Optional · Calibration

More consistent tones, print after print.

When you are ready to go further, Calibration Flow turns a chart printed with your process into a correction curve for your digital negative.

  1. Generate the chart
  2. Print it with your process
  3. Measure it with your camera

Optional: your first prints can be made without calibration.

Included with every Luminograph: 1 year of Calibration Flow Pro (€99 value).

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Cyanotype

€39

Learn more

Cyanotype yields a characteristic Prussian blue monochrome, produced by the photochemical reduction of ferric iron to ferrous iron. Sir John Herschel described the process in 1842, and Anna Atkins published the first scientific book illustrated with photographs as early as 1843, her Photographs of British Algae. The final print shows deep blues against clean whites, with no intermediate tinted shades, which sets it apart radically from other polychromatic or pigment-based VP processes. Unlike gum or carbon transfer kits, cyanotype remains single-layer: one sensitization, one exposure, one rinse. It is the most direct entry-level process in the catalog, ideal for first-time practitioners exploring alternative photography without prior chemistry experience or dedicated darkroom equipment.

The VP reformulation combines VP N°01 (ferric ammonium citrate) and VP N°02 (potassium ferricyanide) in strictly equal parts, mixed just before brush application on 640 gsm cotton paper free of optical brighteners. Exposure runs 5 to 15 minutes under a Luminograph A4 at 30 cm, followed by a 5-minute rinse in running water, with no fixing bath and no toxic chemicals. Where Aquaprint or bromoil kits require gum, gelatin and VP N°03 developer, the VP cyanotype needs only two bottles and water. It is the educational gateway of the catalog, kitchen-safe practice with no dedicated installation, ventilation system or specialized protective equipment whatsoever.