original cibachrome photograph is hand printed in the darkroom
and is mounted on to museum board. Signed and numbered. Hand
Printed Darkroom Photographs very rare darkroom process of
Cibachrome, (aka Ilfochrome) is a dye destruction positive-to-
positive photographic process used for the reproduction of
slides on photographic paper. In contrast with everyday
developer base papers, Cibachrome is coated with color layers
before printing. Instead of developer, bleach is used to strip
away color not used in reference to the original transparency
film. The prints are made on a dimensionally stable tri-acetate
polyester base, essentially a plastic base opposed to
traditional paper base. Since it uses azo dyes on a polyester
base, the print will not fade, discolor, or deteriorate for a
long time. Characteristics of Ilfochrome prints are image
clarity, color purity, more environmentally safe, as well as
being an archival process able to produce critical accuracy to
the original slide. No computers or digital files are