Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/09

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Subject: [Leica] Witkin today on my Netscape Excite thing
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 12:09:59 -0700
References: <B53DA03E.5047%jbcollier@home.com>

"Over the years he'd developed an involved and zealous process for making his
prints, which resulted in the silvery, found-antique quality his work became
known for. Witkin scratches the negatives, then prints them through tissue paper
to fuzz the texture of the image, giving the prints a specifically blurry,
"timeless" quality. He then mounts the image on aluminum and applies pigments by
hand. Finally, he covers the photographs with hot beeswax and reheats them, then
cools and polishes. With this procedure, Witkin, a rabid perfectionist, produces
an average of 10 of his coldly luxurious finished prints in a year."

BREAK OUT THE FORMALDEHYDE I'M COMING THROUGH!
Mark Rabiner