Chemigrams & The Experimental Darkroom Process

Edge of Humanity Magazine

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Photographer Hannah Schneider is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these images. From the project ‘Chemigrams’. To see Hannah ’s body of work, click on any photograph.

Series 1

These chemigram prints were created by coating various resists onto silver gelatin paper and then exposing the paper to LED lighting. The prints were then developed using caffenol (a developer made from caffeic acid, vitamin C, washing soda, sodium carbonate, and water) and fixed using a forty-eight hour salt water bath.

Series 2

These chemigram prints were created by coating various resists onto expired silver gelatin paper and then exposing the paper to outdoor lighting. The prints were then developed and fixed using black and white paper developer and fixer.

Hannah Schneider is an artist and photographer based in Raleigh, North Carolina. She holds a BA in Graphic Design from Meredith College and an MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts from Duke University. Since discovering the darkroom in 2021 as an undergrad at Meredith, Schneider has fallen in love with the experimentality of creating work there. She is passionate about using photography to push the boundaries of the medium and create narratives that reflect what is seen and unseen. Her work has been presented in a solo exhibition at Duke University and group exhibitions at Meredith College (2023), SPE’s New Realities Conference (2024), Pullen Arts Center (2024), and the North Carolina Museum of Art (2025). Publications include The Colton Review (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) and Overlapse’s Stir the Pot. Schneider was a finalist for Lensculture's 2026 Art Photography Awards and Photolucida’s 2023 Critical Mass, and was awarded the 2025 Lenscratch 3rd Place Student Prize. She has received Meredith’s Meredith Art Student Support (MASS) Grant and Duke’s Dean's Research Award for Master's Students.

All images and text © Hannah Schneider