Re: pt/pd mounting > not gum related
Katherine, > But this may explain something I couldn't understand before. > Several years ago I bought a platinum print from a gallery in the > nearest big city, and was disgusted when I got it home to find that > the print itself was backed by plain grey cardboard, held in the > frame with masking tape (especially since the photographer's bio said > she was a professor at one of the regional colleges and, I thought, > should know better). I completely took the print apart and rematted > and backed it with my own archival materials, before hanging it. But > maybe she was a victim of this "myth" that acid board is GOOD for > platinum, and thought she was doing the right thing by giving it a > nice acid board to provide it with the acid it needs. This is exactly why I asked the question to begin with. I've seen and heard of this being done before, which is why I didn't reject the idea immediately after hearing it. My common sense tells me exactly what the list has been saying: the higher the pH the better. But the fact that professionals preach (and practice) matting pt/pd prints on acidic board put some doubt in my mind. Camden Hardy camden[at]hardyphotography[dot]net http://www.hardyphotography.net
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