There's been quite an interest in older soft-focus lenses lately, but the standard glossy-surfaced, neutral-toned printing papers hardly seem appropriate to the aesthetic. Even the warm-toned papers in a matte-surface seem like a compromise. Today I was looking at an old print made on Ektalure, (G-surface, I think), and wondered, is there any modern paper made for the pictorialist aesthetic? By that, I mean having a textured surface, warm base, an accent of color to its tones (brown, sepia, olive, ochre, etc.), and a look appropriate to softer contrast?
In other words, if F. Holland Day came back today with his approach intact, what commercially produced paper could he use?
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