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Brigitte Bardot portrait in Mexico, 1965 — Open Edition Print

French actress Brigitte Bardot is photographed in Mexico on the set of the comedy-adventure film Viva Maria, 1965. This movie was the subject of one of two U.S. Supreme Court cases that led to the establishment of the MPAA Ratings Code.

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  • Open Edition
  • Digitally signed on the front, numbered, stamped and authenticated on the reverse
  • Archival Pigment Print
Gelatin Silver Print

Before the advent of digital technology at the end of the twentieth century, the gelatin silver process had been the most commonly used method of making black and white prints since the 1890s. A negative image is transferred to light-sensitive paper that has four layers: a paper base, a white opaque coating of gelatin and barium sulfate that creates a smooth surface, the gelatin layer that holds the silver grains of the photographic image, and a protective gelatin overcoat. Properly exposed gelatin silver prints are quite stable if exhibited under controlled light conditions.

Until the 1970s, art photographers used this process almost exclusively to create high-quality black and white prints. Color photography was considered a commercial medium, not suited to serious artistic expression. Today, as fewer and fewer photographers are working in darkrooms, gelatin silver printing is quickly becoming an antiquated, historic process.

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Douglas Kirkland

About the Artist

Douglas Kirkland has been at the cutting edge of fashion, photojournalism and portraiture, working for the world’s most reputable magazines, for more than 50 years. As a young photographer in 1961, he was assigned to shoot Marilyn Monroe, and since his lens has explored the universe of fame. He has photographed the legendary Coco Chanel at work and the stars of over one hundred motion pictures including The Sound of Music, Titanic, and The Great Gatsby.

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