The following are sources I use for supplies, tools, and equipment. All have provided top-notch service, and I recommend any of them without hesitation. Just click on a company’s name to be magically transported their Website.
Bostick & Sullivan, Inc.
P.O. Box 16639
Santa Fe, NM 87592-6639
505.474.0890
Everything you need to work in platinum or just about any other alternative process. Great folks who know their stuff, and a Website filled with information.
Photographer’s Formulary, Inc.
P.O. Box 950
7079 Hwy. 83 N.
Condon, MT 59826-0950
800.922.5255
406.754.2891
Another full-line alternative process vendor. Hosts alt workshops throughout the year.
Cynmar Corporation
21709 Route 4 North
P.O. Box 530
Carlinville, IL 62626
800.223.3517
217.854.3517
Great selection of labware, including glassware, scales, hotplates, and magnetic stirring plates.
ScienceLab.com, Inc.
14025 Smith Rd.
Houston, TX 77396
800.901.7247
281.441.4400
Glassware and other lab gear.
Triple-S Chemical Products, Inc.
3464 Union Pacific Avenue.
Los Angeles, CA 90023
800.862.5958
323.261.7301
Bulk chemicals. Geared to the patination crowd, but carries some alt chemicals at good prices.
Spectrum Chemicals & Laboratory Products
14422 S San Pedro St.
Gardena, CA 90248-2027
800.813.1514
310.516.8000
Bulk chemicals of every sort imaginable.
Daniel Smith, Inc.
P.O. Box 84268
Seattle, WA 98124-5568
800.426.6740
206.223.9599
Art supply heaven! Great selection of papers and high-quality art supplies, all at very reasonable prices.
Light Impressions
P.O. Box 787
Brea, CA 92822-0787
800.828.6216
714.441.4539
Archival storage, matting, and framing materials.
Utrecht Art Supplies
6 Corporate Drive
Cranbury, NJ 08512-3616
800.223.9132
609.409.8001
Quality art supplies with stores around the US.
Richardson Supply, LTD.
2120 Hardy Parkway
Grove City, OH 43123
800.635.7695
Great prices on rolls of Ulano Rubylith.
American Art Supply/FramersIsland.com
P.O. Box 642
Allendale, MI 49401
Best prices around on Logan mat cutters.
Photomark
2202 E. McDowell Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85006
800.777.6627
602.244.1133
Ask for Rod Klukas, a photographer/instructor/salesman who really knows his large format.
Tempe Camera Repair
606 W. University Drive
Tempe, Arizona 85281
800.836.7374
480.966.6954
Good selection of large format equipment and supplies, as well as a very capable repair staff.
K. B. Canham Cameras Inc.
2038 E. Downing St.
Mesa, AZ 85213
480.250.3990
Hometown maker of some of the finest large format cameras around.
The View Camera Store, Inc.
PO Box 19450
Fountail Hills, AZ 85269
480.767.7105
Another seller well-versed in actually using large format equipment, including ULF gear.
Zero Image Co.
Unit 902, Workingview Commercial Bldg.
21 Yiu Wa Street
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
852.9325.3662
852.2949.9332
Well designed, beautifully crafted pinhole cameras in film formats from 35mm to 4x5.
International Lighting Corporation
7939 New Jersey Ave.
Hammond, IN 46323
800.743.0005
219.989.0060
Need a really oddball, industrial lamp for your plateburner? These are the folks to see.
TopBulb.com
5204 Indianapolis Boulevard
East Chicago, IN 46312-3838
866.867.2852
Best prices on fluorescent UV tubes, photofloods, and other hard to find lamps.
American Science & Surplus
P.O. Box 1030
Skokie, IL 60076
847.647.0011
For the mad scientist in us all.
Surplus Shed
8408 Allentown Pike
Blandon, PA 19510
877.778.7758
610.926.9226
Strange and bizarre lenses, cameras, and other things from the surplus bin.