Re: Attn. Judy Siegel + All Re the viability of Direct Carbon Paper.
Hey Judy,
Re the following. Point taken. Thank you.
John- Photographist - London - UK
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From: "Judy Seigel" <jseigel@panix.com>
To: "The List" <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 2:35 AM
Subject: Re: Attn. Sandy King + All Re the viability of Direct Carbon Paper.
Actually John, I'm a little afraid of you, tho not yet afraid of Erie, but
I think you need the same advice; DON'T put so much info in a single long
paragraph without line spaces. VERY hard to read, definitely against a
steep gradient. For some of us ancient decrepit bifocal-wearing relics,
reading on the monitor is already a pain.
And for the love of heaven, SKIP A LINE BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS. You're not
paying for paper.
Just look what it looks like:
J.
On Sun, 27 May 2007, John Grocott wrote:
Sandy, I have felt this same reticence you display for many years and I
might have agreed there was no commercial market for this Direct Carbon
product, at present, in TODAY'S WORLD. I feel that this climate will
change in the near future. (B & S please note.) Photography is a young
science ( approx. 170 years old) and there have been great social
upheavals in society which have slowed the merging of artistic evolution
with photographic techniques. Younger generations learn from what was
discovered by pioneers and then there is a demand, once more, for
products for the practice of these obscured techniques. Digitalisation
cannot provide everything to satisfy searching artistic drive. The
computer is common place, today and cannot provide the theraputic needs
of people in practicing something as satisfying as developing your own
films or making your own prints. Now, electronics and improved
communication systems has made this merging even easier. Maybe the sale
of Direct Carbon paper would not take off without a lot of promotion and
tight maunufacturing controls but , certainly, knowledge of the subject
and how to provide one's own materials ( as Echague did ) is a very
viable product. A similar situation exists with Bromoil. It is part of
Information Technology ( IT ) which is just a hyped up way of saying,
''Learning how to do something''. The latest zip phrase is, I believe,
''Information + Communication Technology.'' ( ICT ). This is a very
commercially viable product, in itself, in today's world.
Maybe, as you suggest, I will eventually publish and share what I
have learned with the rest of us. I will endavour to try to make you
happier.
Hope you are settling with pleasure into your recent retirement
from your previous employment. I did this eight years ago and still
cannot find enough time to devote to photography .
Regards. John -Photographist - London- UK
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Sandy wrote:-
''I could be wrong, and nothing would make me happier than to see you
or Dave or Art make so much money from your labors that you will set
up your grandchildren for life, but this boy just don't see that
happening, and my suggestion would be to just share what you have
learned with the rest of us.
I hate to rain on the parade but I just don't believe there is any
commercial market for this product in today's world.
Sandy King''
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