Jill Skupin Burkholder began working with photography in 1985 and studied both traditional and digital, experimenting with various alternative photography techniques.

She learned the Bromoil process from Gene Laughter, a photographer who resurrected the technique by studying historical writings and interviewing members of The Bromoil Circle of Great Britain. The bromoil process begins with a bleached silver print and ends with a romanticized pictorial version of the image artistically interpreted, using a brush and lithography ink.

She is represented in the permanent collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center in Austin, Texas. Burkholder taught workshops for the Texas Photographic Society, The Academia de Fotografia in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and at Photographer’s Formulary in Montana.

She is married to fine art photographer and digital pioneer, Dan Burkholder, and lives in the Catskill Mountains of New York. She is a member of the International Society of Bromoilists, a small group of artists working in this elusive medium, and is a member of the Freestyle Advisory Board of Photographic Professionals.

Bromoil Prints
A silver gelatin print is bleached with a special process removing the image. The artist then uses brushes and lithographic ink to restore the photo giving it the impressionistic and textural look unique to a bromoil. The size is 6 x 9 and editions are limited.

Bromoil Resources
Alt-photo.com • A very nice site from a small group of bromoil practitioners. Also there are classic bromoil books scanned and posted here for reading. An incredible source.

Bromoil supplies • Great resources, although the photo paper list is out-of-date. As to what is available, recent buzz is that Kentmere Fineprint VC (finegrain) paper from Freestyle works for the process.

AlternativePhotography.com • This is a great link for all "alternative" types of photo processes, articles, and artists.

Jill's website • Back