Re: josef sudek

[Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>]

On Wed, 8 Apr 2009, etienne garbaux wrote:
> Sudek (who is one of my very favorite photographers) did make carbro prints. 
> I believe he also made some straight carbon prints from 5x7 and smaller 
> negatives.  The virtue of carbro is that it can produce an enlarged carbon 
> (or generically, pigment) print with familiar darkroom procedures (as opposed 
> to enlarged internegatives, which are more of a hassle).  Personally, I do 
> not find most carbro prints up to the standard of "real" carbon prints made 
> from in-camera negatives, but then the two processes aren't really aimed at 
> the same negative-producers, so it's usually an apples-to-oranges comparison. 
> And some stunning three- and four-color carbros were made back in the day, 
> when it was one of the first available high-quality color printing processes.
Some years ago there was a show somewhere uptown in NYC of those carbros 
(most were carbros).... I mention it here because,

1. They were among the most beautiful prints I'd ever seen -- that is, the 
prints themselves, and

2. The woman who'd curated the show, who was present at what may have been 
the opening, didn't have a clue what the process was.

cheers,

Judy