Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Mueller, Rob" wrote: > > The fact that they do or do not would not seem to be an acceptable technical > answer ( although it may be as good as the one I presented in an earlier > missive). Why don't they use a dry mount? what data do they have that we > don't? what testing have they gone through? > > While we may not get an answer to these questions I have noticed that > galleries tend not to want to dry mount. while photographers do. (pretty > broad statement as I personally know only about 20 black and white > photographers) > > Rob Mueller > Studies In Black and White > www.studiesinblackandwhite.com > mailto:rob@studiesinblackandwhite.com > They mentioned Stu Levy a photographer who still dry mounts the implication being that most others don't. A Big article in the paper about them, the SK Josefsberg Gallery this morning. Stu dry mounts his colleges to a large board explaining his still using the dry mount press. Interestingly they mentioned a show they had of a German photographer from prints from decades back in which he had dry mounted his prints to non-rag-archival board. The Dry mount sheets protected the valuable prints from the board. And these were not the newer "archival" dry mount tissue you can get now which is even more inert and is more surely removable. A sure way to find out if I am full of it or not would be to call some gallery people yourself and see what they say. As someone mentioned there might even be localized trends. Where are you? I'm in Portland Oregon. I would have thought the Photo gallery world might be more cohesive with the internet and all. Mark Rabiner