RE: problem
Hi y'all! Jumping in late once again! I have worked as curator, conservator and printer on two collections of negatives of Barbados; one with negs made 1880-1937 (all glass plates) and the other 1934-1977, about a century of photographs of Barbados. Yes, a large amount of the photos were functional in original intent. However, many were amazing if only for their clear depiction of life on this small island over the period of a century. And a few from each collection were photographic art. Please never forget, every photo, regardless of its original intention, is an historical document. Please keep your negatives safely stored. Don't use false modesty and say, "Well, who would want these, anyhow? My ego isn't that big". Bull! You may not be as good a judge of the historical, sociological or even artistic value of your work as someone 50 to 100 years from now. If you "got de stones" let posterity, NOT your posterior, be the judge! CHEERS! BOB -----Original Message----- From: zphoto@montana.net [mailto:zphoto@montana.net] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 4:27 PM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: problem Mark said: >The proof sheets and digital files are an interesting >record of what has captured my eye over the years. I >also find it interesting to note that upon viewing old >contact sheets, I may find that images I ignored at the >time are far more interesting to me now than the ones I >originally chose. It's fascinating to see how some >aspects of our work changes over time and other aspects >seem to remain the same. OK FINE I'll post one more time just to be annoying but I'll share my "creative" idea I did this week: first I went through all the photos as I said and then culled the 1000 into one file called CURRENT. Then I looked at each individual image and just quickly labeled it something--maybe one was "old stuff" or one was "vacant" or one was "angst". So I made some folders that corrresponded to what "themes" were continually appearing in my work. As I went through each image, I "tossed" it into one of the folders. The ones I didn't know where they belonged I tossed into a "don't know yet" folder. THEN the fun began. I went through each folder, got a count of how many images were in each. A "beauty" folder was paltry so I looked at the images in and decided what other folders they could be put into. My folders were not "old barns" or "sunsets" but concepts, btw. Then, after all this sorting, I had 4 possible exhibitions and one had the most images in it and voila--my "show of choice". Of course now I have to make the gum prints! But better yet was that I found that all my images fit into a very narrow range of interest and it helped me realize what my work is all about. As well as gave me the (false) sense of security that I was organized and in control. So while y'all are bipolar, I can be OCD. Chris Assistant Professor of Photography Photography Option Coordinator Montana State University College of Arts and Architecture Department of Media and Theatre Arts, Room 220 P.O. Box 173350 Bozeman, MT 59717-3350 Tel (406) 994 6219 CZAphotography.com __________ NOD32 2847 (20080204) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com |