Mordançage is an alternative darkroom process that lifts the black tones of a photographic print, allowing the emulsion to be manipulated and reshaped.

Through soaking a darkroom print in a mixture of chemicals, the darkest areas of the print are lifted from the paper’s surface. This softened emulsion can then be reshaped or removed entirely then it is left to dry in delicate, unpredictable patterns.

The result is a photograph that feels almost three dimensional. The image becomes more than just a print—it’s a textured, one-of-a-kind object, full of movement and emotion. No two mordançage prints can ever be repeated, no matter how similar the original image. The process is slow, messy, and entirely analog. Part science, part chaos, part intuition.

No two prints are ever alike.