My name is Anthony Maddaloni, I'm a professional photographer from Austin Texas. I'm going
to be talking about making contact prints from 4x5 negatives. This is a 4x5 negative,
from my 4x5 view camera. This is a print that I've made from a negative. Now if you look
at this print, you can see that it is obviously from a 4x5 negative. The telltale notches
are there. I can see exactly how this image was made. Now this is a contact image made
from a 4x5 negative. It's a cyanotype, it's toned in tea. And now when I'm using my 4x5
negatives, this is a great way for me to use them. I can make enlargements in the dark
room, or I can make contact prints with an alternative printing process. Especially a
process like this where my image is only going to be as big as my negative. Now that's not
to say that I can't use a medium format negative, 2 1/4, 6x7, or even a 35mm negative to make
a beautiful image. But I really want to see my image, and I find that 4x5 negative works
just about perfectly for someone to look at it. And so that's one reason why I still use
4x5 camera.