Who I am

My name is Lee Griffith. I was an experimental biochemist and have held positions at The Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton, Canada; the ETH in Zürich, Switzerland and the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. All throughout my career photography has followed me. I was taught darkroom technique in the late 1970s when there were few other means of developing and printing film. I have developed and printed all available types of film; black and white, C41 colour inversion film, ECN2 colour inversion film and E6 slide film.

I have been experimenting with alternative, ecologically friendly, means to develop black and white film for years. I regularly develop film in wine, beer, coffee, tea or oak leaf extract. Standard developers are of course also used. I print black and white Baryta prints in a classical darkroom with enlargers for 35mm, 120 and up to 4x5 inch negatives. I also contact print both classical large format negatives and digitally produced inkjet on foil negatives. Contact prints can be classical baryta silver halide, cyanotype or salt.

I experiment regularly and will blog upon the results here with various natural toners for cyanotypes. There might also be an old man rant or two in amongst those morsels

I use 35mm, medium format and large format cameras and I am happy to share any of my experiences and knowledge with anyone interested. Just hit me up and I will answer - if I can - as soon as I can .

Examples of my work can be found here on the website, as well as my completed and ongoing projects