Article Posted (RE: Sury & Misonne)
I have received the copy of the article. Thanks, Judy. In general the OCR software does a good job. It has some problems with numbers, so I manually edited some of them. Other than that, I haven't done much editing. Occassionally some character are mis-recognized but you can probably guess what the originals are. I haven't read through the article (the xerox or the converted file) myself. If you find some words that are not clear, please let me know, and I will check the xerox copy for you. I haven't done much formatting either. I am putting this up quickly so that those who are interested can check quickly. Eventually I might go back and do some formatting so that it would look nicer. The link is http://members.aol.com/fotodave/Articles/PhotographicReview.html Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: Judy Seigel [mailto:jseigel@panix.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 3:49 PM > To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca > Subject: Re: Sury & Misonne > > > On Tue, 1 Jan 2008, henk thijs wrote: > > > It is written 'Leonard Misonne', born in Charleroi - > Belgien, and i > > saw an exhibition of his work some time ago in the photomuseum of > > Charleroi, and the pictures i saw were a.o. (brom)oil > prints and gum, > > very pictorialistic and depressing images of daily life > and factories > > next to romantic landscapes with sheeps et al. > > > > I took a longer look at the American Photography Annual (No. > 18, 1924) which I'd previously riffed through, and note a > couple of points: > > page 308,"THE PHOTOGRAPHIC REVIEW," by E. J. Wall, begins: > > The "COLOR PROCESS": E.Rombaut gives a brief description of > the working of this new Process, which has been introduced by > E. Sury, of Antwerp. It recalls the old powder process and it > is distinctly different. > The paper is sent out unsensitized, and it is advised to turn > up the edges of the sheet.... and pinch the corners so as to > form a temporary tray...." > > There follow formulas (Am bi & methyl alcohol), & > instructions for coating, draining, drying & printing... > using a screen of black lines between negative & > (insolation?-- which is -- the coating?). Some 2 pages of > instructions in small print which follow are tempting to try > -- (tho not to copy out). > > Is this the "patented" method do you suppose, or something > else? The powder brushed on adheres in the unhardened cracks > where the lines in the screen "or "reseau" lay, hence color > (or colors) may be added by brushing in. > > After this topic a section on Resinopigmentype lays out the > Namias process, using a "powder" made by "fusing resin, a > fatty body and the desired pigment, then grinding when cold." > There are plenty of fatty bodies & grinding around here, but > I'm still doubtful I could follow those instructions... What > for instance is the "resin"? > > Then the name is in fact Leonard Misonne, thanks Henk, tho no > further word on his nationality. > > Other info gleaned from turning all 770-odd pages is that > females of the day tended to get tangled up naked in window > drapes or table cloths that persisted in flying open when the > shutter snapped (an affliction to which men were apparently > immune) and that F. Drtikol showed a couple of comically arch > figure studies that look like I Love Lucy drunk as a skunk, > while the penchant for titling photographs of > African-Americans of any age and mien with irrelevant > expressions in crude dialect was in full fettle. > > On page 493 we see a pleasant-looking middle aged man with > pipe, beard and hat, comfortably seated with hands crossed, > over the title: "Befo' De War." (No better or worse than > dozens, perhaps hundreds of the genre... > There oughta be a book. Proposed title: "Praise de lawd" -- > after the photo titled thusly, also for no discernible reason.) > > PS. If someone has a... I forget what you call them, a > program that scans and converts to text-- and others are > interested I can copy these pages on printing the > above-mentioned Sury process & mail to him or her tp put on a > website....( unless that's already been done?) > > Judy > > > happy 2008 , > > Cheers, > > Henk > > likewise, > > Judy > >
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