RE: Article Posted (RE: Sury & Misonne)
Katharine, Please try again. After I uploaded it the first time, I checked it out myself and found that the text was a little too small; so I deleted the original file and uploaded another one with a bigger font size. You might have tried right after I deleted the file. Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: Katharine Thayer [mailto:kthayer@pacifier.com] > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 6:29 PM > To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca > Subject: Re: Article Posted (RE: Sury & Misonne) > > Dave, I get an aol error that says "we can't find that page." > > > > On Jan 7, 2008, at 3:04 PM, Dave S wrote: > > > 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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