A photographic printing process developed in the 19th century, using albumen (egg white) to help hold pigments.
Named after the Albertype or Albertype process, which uses 'albumen' (from Latin 'albus' meaning white) as a binding agent for photographic prints.
Before digital photography, chemists had to get creative—using egg white as a binding agent for photographs shows how photographers basically became kitchen chemists!
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