Solarized print process
Solarisation is a phenomenon in photography in which the image recorded on a negative or on a photographic print is wholly or partially reversed in tone. Dark areas appear light or light areas appear dark.
King George VI
by Bertram Park
1930s
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Dorothy Emily Evelyn (née Whittall), Lady Campbell as Niobe
by Madame Yevonde
June 1935
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John Piper
by Howard Coster
1954
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Caroline Fleur (née Vatcher), Lady Hobart
by Madame Yevonde
1960s
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