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Re: Pond-moonrise (was: Re: Steichen image in April's 'Vanity Fair'



Correcting myself:

On Mar 20, 2009, at 10:12 AM, Katharine Thayer wrote:

The museums don't have access to the negatives, those are still in the hands of Joanna Steichen
I've just found more information on this point: actually, Steichen's negatives from before WWI were ruined during the war when he had to abandon his home for four years and "humidity and bacterial action destroyed the emulsions." So, no one has those negatives; they no longer exist.