Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I feel your pain.
Reminds me of a comment I overheard in a museum
antiquities exhibit: "It must have been nice when it
was new."
But trad photo fans can cling to a bit of
retro-nostalgia to slow down the cultural memory loss
that comes with progress.
pmcc
sf, ca
--- Richard Man <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote:
> My dearest wife, whom I adore, gave me a shock
> today. We went to
> Keeble and Schucat to pick up some paper and there
> were some sample
> of one of those new "holy grail" Barytas inkjet
> paper. Sure enough,
> this one looks very much like a silver gelatin print
> to my eyes.
> Before I could voice my admiration though, she
> piped up and said
> that the paper remind her of cheap prints from the
> 70s. I'm not quite
> what she's talking about but she's very adamant
> about the paper
> looking cheap, with that gloss but not quite gloss
> look. Arggghggh
>
>
> At 05:47 PM 1/10/2008, pmcc wrote:
> >... The gallery references to
> >silver gelatin prints in the captions was very
> >conspicuous -- a companion asked me what silver
> >gelatin printing was. It was like explaining what
> >vinyl LP records or letterpress printing was.
> >Something poignant about explaining a mass medium
> or
> >technology that had peaked and quickly declined
> within
> >one's own memory. I guess I'm a traditionalist,
> having
> >taught my daughter how to develop film and make
> prints
> >in a wet darkroom during the digital age, and then
> >watching her learn how to set cold type and operate
> a
> >19th century letterpress.
> >
>
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To
> reach me directly,
> please use richard at imagecraft.com)
>
>
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