I have a manuscript called Canons of Camerawork, Minor White 1962. Not sure if it has been published.
Jon
I have a manuscript called Canons of Camerawork, Minor White 1962. Not sure if it has been published.
Jon
my black and white photos of the Mendocino Coast: jonshiu.zenfolio.com
Wayne:
Thank you. I will follow-up on Ron Wohlauer. It looks like his estate may have something. It's also good to learn about Wohlauer. I will let you know, if you don't mind, if it turns out that we need some help identifying the handbook.
John: Thank you, too. Can we work-out something for a copy of the manuscript of Canons of Camerawork? I would be grateful.
It also seems that there are a number of currently working photographers who did some level of study with White. A seminar would be interesting.
Don't forget the recent Aperture book filled with all sorts of things from Minor White's tenure there...
--Darin
The classic book was "Mirror, Messages, Manifestations", probably a bit collectible itself by now.
Good. Thank you guys. I am digging. Seems White wrote quite a bit -not sure yet how much on methods or materials.
Another book that has a lot of information is Peter Bunnell's Minor White: The Eye That Shapes. But I don't think it will have any Tri-X in D76 printed on Oriental processed in Dectol type information. It also has a lot of photographs including some color.
This looks very promising. Apparently, the museum has an extensive archive of negatives and prints, including note cards with printing details. I will be on the East Coast next month, so I think that I will pay a visit and see if it is somehow possible to view the negatives. Apparently, someone started a project of putting at least the note cards on a Minor White archive Web site. I will look further into this, too.
And thank you, Chuck. I will have a look at Bunnell's book.
Somewhere in my reading about White it was mentioned that in the late 40s-early 50s he used a 4x5 Sinar (Norma?) and a Schneider Symmar lens (the pre-convertible Dagor type). No mention about materials, although the films and papers he used are of course long gone. Not that that matters; if he was alive and working today he would bend the equipment and materials to serve his vision, as he did then.
Thank you Mark.
It looks like Bunnell is indeed a special source of information and insights concerning White and photography.
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