Jonathan, I would contact Aperture. They own Strand's archive and probably issued the gravure you own.
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Jonathan, I would contact Aperture. They own Strand's archive and probably issued the gravure you own.
For me, the only answer is to develop all exposed and possibly exposed negatives. I've been using large format for 30 years, and I still accidentally put the slide back in with the white side out -...
I shoot portraits on 8x10. I'll go for the smallest opening a reasonable shutter speed will allow.
Yes, it has to be something you can work on regularly. A swamp in Michigan was my favorite place to photograph. Eventually I had to move to Texas to make a living, and I tried to keep the project...
I have a lot of interests, but I need to get almost obsessed with things to have the energy for a long-term project. In the 1990s, it was a lot of politicians. I met and photographed quite a few of...
Hello:
The Irving Arts Center will be exhibiting my portraits of classical musicians.
I hope to see you at the opening, Saturday, October 6, 1 to 3 p.m.
The opening reception and exhibition...
MODERATORS: This thread should probably be moved to a different category.
I placed an order in May 2010 and still have not received my stuff.
So today I called and a woman named Maria came on the line quickly.
I told her I needed a refund.
She said no problem,...
"If you can't drive to it, screw it." - Huntington Witherill.
Eddy, I'm not willing to automatically assume your darkroom activities are at fault...
Hi, Folks:
Do you use distilled water for your darkroom chemicals and your working solutions?
I do. I sorta figured everyone did this.
Then I was chatting with a photographer friend this...
I hesitate. I doubt I can word it any better than she did...
"Art is concerned about space. Illustration is concerned about things." - Martha, Michael A. Smith's first wife.
She's a lovely woman and you'd change your mind if you met her. :)
In 1987 or so I photographed a woman named Vicki. I used a Rolleiflex (sorry!) and shot on Tri-X.
A few days later I gave her a contact sheet and said let me know if you want any prints.
She...
Are you calling my twin sister an idiot? :D
For me, the world of photography is a black and white one.
But I still love color.
I always liked Irving Penn's pix taken of native tribes in Africa. Printed and reproduced everywhere in black...
Thanks, gents. See you there!
I agree with many greats listed here, and would like to add June Newton. (35mm, though.)
Here's a more direct link:
http://fwcac.com/?exhibition_detail/2000
Hi, Folks:
I'll be having a one-person show at the Irving Arts Center, Oct. 6, 2012 to Jan. 27, 2013. Details about an opening reception are pending.
We haven't determined the subject yet -- it...
That's me.
Forgive me if this has been mentioned here...
I saw a video of Douglas Kirkland, who shoots some 8x10.
He places his negative on a light table and shoots a picture of it with his...
Might try heating it a little in the microwave prior to development. Not sure what effect that might have, but you never know...
Ha, ha, I wish I could claim otherwise, but it's just a dumb typo.
Have we had a response from the OP, f-90?
I’m curious whether he/she is indeed working on a term paper.
Going onto a photography forum and asking old geysers their opinions is a perfectly...
Cleaning holders: I use a one-inch paintbrush to clean holders. It stays in a plastic baggie in my camera bag when I'm not using it. In 30 years in large format, I've never once vacuumed a holder.
...
I've purchased many old glass plates and negatives from all over the world.
I find it a fun diversion to go into my darkroom and print these from time to time. I feel a bond with the anonymous...
Eric, is it true that every IT department has more men named Steve than it has females?
Paul, with every project I've ever had, I stopped when I was ready to stop. It wasn't a conscious decision. It came from somewhere else inside.
Either I was done with that direction or I wanted...
Clarification... I just looked at Sal's original post with the Kodak announcement.
I think the bozo I talked to at Kodak just looked at the catalog and saw 8x10 Tri-X was there.
The document...
Calumet no longer lists 8x10 Tri-X, but others list it as temporarily out of stock. I telephoned Kodak and talked to someone who told me that they still make it, and it's not a special order item....
Also write on your film box EXPOSED FILM! OPEN IN COMPLETE DARKNESS.
Do that in large lettering with the biggest Sharpie pen you can find.
Too many people raised in the Internet culture believe "if I can get my hands on it, it's mine." That Andy is a real horse's ass, and I would have liked to see him get jail time or community service...
Yeah, I'm in HC-110 Dilution B for three minutes.
Remember HC stands for High Contrast. It's a great developer, and negs don't need to be in it very long...
Yes, and it should be discouraged.
Tim, I think you're referring to Irving Penn's corner series.
I write about this in my book, People and Portraits: Reflections and Essays. Page 70.
Those of us who use view cameras to...
Too often, the viewer sees things he or she has invented, or accepts the PR spin the photographer provided, as with the Karsh/Churchill portrait. In the well-known portrait, Churchill is simply not...
I ask this question when I teach, and it's amazing the number of people who have no idea or have some sort of wacky idea about capturing the soul and such nonsense.
I go with Avedon's simple...
I think the key here is that you don't plan to make prints, all your stuff will be on the Internet. LF is overkill here. Can't you just use a cell phone camera?
Love it, Frank.