Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/24
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Nick
--- Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> wrote:
> LUG:
>
> For those who are concerned about the permanence of
> digital prints
>
> A photographer sent this message to Jon Cone
> about some Piezography prints that survived Katrina:
>
> >Illustrated you will see a scan of the Piezotone
> >print that survived 20 feet of salt water and
> >three months in the blazing southern sun. This
> >print was framed and you can see the mark that
> >the mat made but the print area is pristine and
> >exactly matches the image before the storm. In
> >the other image you will see the site of the
> >house where the image was found- the house that
> >the print was in was completely demolished, this
> >house was next door. These prints, two of about
> >fifteen were found showed no evidence of fading!
> >
> >These prints are tough- no silver print would
> >have survived in tact this trial, we are still
> >looking for images and yet to find any more but
> >they may be buried beneath the rubble in the
> >house which is about 150 yards northeast of the
> >original site. Your prints survive! The print
> >was printed on Hanem?hle Photo Rag the Piezotone
> >ink was Warm Neutral with Museum Black.
>
> The message was accompanied by the photos but I
> couldn't include them in a message to the
> LUG. Here is the photographer's web site:
> http://www.tinafreeman.com/NewB&W/index.html
>
> Another Tina ;-)
>
>
>
>
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> http://www.tinamanley.com
>
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