Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/27

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Darkroom Equipment-Drymount press
From: "Mueller, Rob" <rob.mueller@eds.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 12:30:59 -0400

It doesn't seem to be localized, as I know a number of west coast
photographers (Sexton, McSavaney, Weston, Barnbaum, etc) are dry mounters.
In michigan, Bond, nagler,...) are dry mounters. These are from my personal
experiences. These all have a common thread, they've all been associated
with Ansel, could be the reason. 

Rob Mueller
Studies In Black and White
www.studiesinblackandwhite.com
mailto:rob@studiesinblackandwhite.com




- -----Original Message-----
From: Mark Rabiner [mailto:mrabiner@concentric.net]
Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 3:27 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Darkroom Equipment-Drymount press


"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