Photrio (formerly APUG) is a website and Internet forum for an international group of
photographer
A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs.
Duties and types of photographers
As in other ...
s who use
analog photography
Analog photography, also known as film photography, is a catch-all term for photography that uses chemical processes to capture an image, typically on paper, film or a hard plate. These analog processes were the only methods available to photog ...
. The website was founded in September 2002, and has attracted approximately 60,000 members, including paying subscribers. The group's website is maintained through users' donations, subscriptions, advertising revenue as well as corporate sponsorship.
The website's primary subject is analog photography that involves using
film and
darkroom techniques to produce
negatives,
slides or
prints. Subjects discussed in the forums are concerned with aspects of traditional photography, including processes like
cyanotype
The cyanotype (from Ancient Greek κυάνεος - ''kuáneos'', “dark blue” + τύπος - ''túpos'', “mark, impression, type”) is a slow-reacting, economical photographic printing formulation sensitive to a limited near ultraviolet ...
,
platinum printing
Platinum is a chemical element with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name originates from Spanish , a diminutive of "silver".
Platinu ...
and other
alternative process
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The term alternative process refers to any non-traditional or non-commercial photographic printing process. Currently the standard analog photographic printing process is the gelatin silver process, and standard dig ...
es. Each subject area has a forum.
The galleries have scanned photographic materials posted, which concern the methods and results of traditional processes. The website has an image gallery that encourages peer review.
The founder of APUG is Sean Ross from New Zealand.
Events
In 2006 the first annual APUG conference
was held in Toronto, Canada, sponsored in part by
Ilford Photo
Harman Technology, trading as Ilford Photo, is a UK-based manufacturer of photographic materials known worldwide for its ILFORD branded black-and-white film, papers and chemicals. Historically it also published the '' Ilford Manual of Photograp ...
.
References
External links
Photrio website
Photography websites
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