Photography
While digital photography is quickly relegating film photography to a position of historical relic, at least as far as the masses are concerned, many photographers still enjoy the "hands on" process of developing their own images. This is certainly one art form in which chemistry plays an obvious role. While chemistry is obviously involved, the details are rather complex, and not well understood by most people. Check out the following links to see how it works:
Links
This is a site with a fair amount of detail about the chemistry of film photogrpahy:
http://www.cheresources.com/photochem.shtml
Here are some more chemistry details, as well as some experiments related to developing processes:
Photography Chemistry.pdf
Paul Mueller (Hampton-Sidney College) Chemistry and Art Web page:
http://cator.hsc.edu/~mollusk/ChemArt/photo/index.html
The New Cyanotype Process:
http://www.mikeware.demon.co.uk/cyano.html
http://www.cheresources.com/photochem.shtml
Here are some more chemistry details, as well as some experiments related to developing processes:
Photography Chemistry.pdf
Paul Mueller (Hampton-Sidney College) Chemistry and Art Web page:
http://cator.hsc.edu/~mollusk/ChemArt/photo/index.html
The New Cyanotype Process:
http://www.mikeware.demon.co.uk/cyano.html