Limited Edition Archive Est. 2009

Kelly H. Milligan — Documentary Photography & Original Prints

A curated catalogue of limited edition gelatin silver prints, hand-bound photobooks and independent publications on British urban landscape, vernacular architecture and industrial memory. Every piece is numbered, signed and shipped with a certificate of authenticity and full archival notes.
Analog film · Medium & large format
Gelatin silver · Fibre-based paper
Numbered editions · Signed & certified
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Limited Edition Catalogue

Acquisition Formats

Each edition is produced by hand in the studio, numbered and signed. Choose the format that best suits your collection.

Open Edition

Archival Print

Museum-grade pigment print on 308 gsm cotton rag, available in two standard sizes. Each print is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and a technical data sheet. Unframed, shipped flat in a rigid portfolio box.

Limited Edition

Gelatin Silver Print

Hand-printed in the darkroom on fibre-based paper, toned for permanence. Editions are strictly limited to 15 copies per image, each numbered and signed in pencil on the verso. Includes a curatorial note on the series context.

Collector's Set

Folio & Photobook

A bound folio containing six plates from a single documentary series, paired with a hand-stitched photobook and an essay on the site's history. Limited to 8 sets, each with a unique archival box and provenance record.

Commission

Site-Specific Study

A bespoke photographic study of a specific building or urban site, produced over a defined period. Includes a contact sheet review, a selection of final prints, and a written reflection on the process. Delivery timeline agreed before the commission begins.

Visual Notes from the Archive

Key frames and contact sheets that explain how each limited edition series was built — from the first exposure to the final silver print.

Series 01 — Contact Sheet The Last Mill, Frame 14

Selected from a roll of Ilford HP5 shot on a Mamiya RB67. The frame shows the north light falling across the weaving shed floor, which became the anchor image for the whole series.

Series 02 — Street Study Brickwork Pattern, Hyde Road

A detail study of English bond brickwork in Manchester's terraced housing. The negative was printed on warm-tone fibre paper to bring out the subtle tonal separation in the shadowed mortar joints.

Darkroom Test Strip Silver and Shadow, Step 3

Test strip from the printing session for the "Silver and Shadow" essay. The exposure range between 18 and 24 seconds gave the cleanest highlights without blocking the mid-tones in the mill windows.

Series 03 — Vernacular Notes Cast-Iron Railing, Salford

Photographed on a overcast morning to flatten the light and emphasise the repetitive vertical rhythm of the railings. Printed at 11×14 inches, edition of 25, signed and numbered.

Further Reading from the Archive

Related essays, series notes, and darkroom journals that sit alongside the main catalogue.

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