Photographic printing

Photographic printing produces a physical image from a photographic source, such as a negative or digital file, by transferring or forming an image on a support.

Photographic paper: Light-sensitive paper used to make photographic prints through chemical or digital exposure. Its emulsion or receiver layer is the surface that records the printed image.
Photographic negative: A photographic image with reversed light and dark values, used to make positive prints. It supplies the inverted tonal information that printing converts into a positive image.
Darkroom: A light-controlled workspace used to process photographic materials that are sensitive to visible light. It is the traditional setting for exposing and developing silver-gelatin prints.
Photographic film: A flexible light-sensitive material that records images as latent chemical patterns. Film is an image-capture medium, while photographic printing turns its recorded image into a separate object.
Photographic exhibition: The presentation of photographs to an audience in a curated physical or digital setting. Printed photographs remain a central medium for gallery display and public viewing.
Contact printing: A photographic printing method that exposes paper while it is in direct contact with a negative or transparency. It shows the simplest optical route from a negative to a print.
Photographic emulsion: A light-sensitive layer, usually containing silver halide crystals suspended in gelatin. Its exposed crystals create the latent image that chemical printing processes develop.
Silver gelatin print: A black-and-white photographic print made using silver halide emulsion dispersed in gelatin. It is the standard darkroom print process for monochrome negatives.
Digital printing: The production of printed images from digital data using electronic printing devices. Photographic printing is one use of digital printing, alongside non-photographic documents and graphics.
Photographic archive: An organized collection of photographs preserved for research, memory, or public access. Prints can function as physical archival objects whose materials affect care and access.

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