contact print
noun
: a photographic print made with the negative in contact with the sensitized paper, plate, or film
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Each color picture cost about seventy-five dollars in today’s money for film, processing, and a contact print.
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Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2023
Films weren’t protected by copyright until 1912 but photos were, so savvy producers deposited their films as paper contact prints (entire motion pictures were submitted that way).
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2020
These nanoparticles are photosensitive, resembling the silver chloride contact printing paper still used in today's darkrooms.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 1 Apr. 2020
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Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2023
Films weren’t protected by copyright until 1912 but photos were, so savvy producers deposited their films as paper contact prints (entire motion pictures were submitted that way).
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2020
These nanoparticles are photosensitive, resembling the silver chloride contact printing paper still used in today's darkrooms.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 1 Apr. 2020
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“Contact print.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contact%20print. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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