RE: lumenprints not chromo?
What would be the correct terms for lumen and such. Isn't lumen related to plant "shadowgrams"? "Invented" by Burchfield. A similar contact print from negative would be POP, or what? I'd like to know, because I need to explain this to students somehow... cheers, -Jalo \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ V E D O S Alternative Processes in Photography & Printmaking Satakunta University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Business and Culture Kankaanpää Paasikivenkatu 24, Box 76 FI-38701 Kankaanpää vedos@samk.fi http://vedos.samk.fi http://www.samk.fi ________________________________________ From: Christina Z. Anderson [zphoto@montana.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 10:03 PM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: lumenprints not chromo? Scott, I always fix mine. There is a noticeable loss of density and color shift in the fix. I also know that Jerry Burchfield who does all those Amazon exposures brings all images back in a black plastic bag to the States and fixes at one time. Unless he has changed his process in the last couple years, all of his previous lumenprints were fixed and I have never heard of not fixing before...however, the idea to scan before fixing is a great one and then you get a two-for-the-price-of-one special. My prints do not fade once fixed and archivally washed and treated as if a normal BW print. You can see student examples on my website, and see how brilliant they are--with fixing. Re: scanning. I would find it shocking that a 90 day pinhole exposure lumenprint (chromo is a different process entirely because it uses darkroom chemistry, developer, activator, stabilizer) that will never touch the developer but go straight into the fix, would be affected by a one minute scan. You will also notice a distinct color shift when dry prints are rewetted. But then it reverts again when dry. Chris __________________ Christina Z. Anderson http://christinaZanderson.com/ __________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Weber, Scott B" <sweber@mail.barry.edu> To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 12:06 PM > Just completed a 90 day pinhole exposure on gelatin silver paper. > Chromoscedasic print. The image looks good, but do I fix this? Maybe some > thiosulfate? Or should I leave it? My plan is to scan it but will the > light in the scanner affect the image? > > > Scott B. Weber > Associate Professor of Photography > Department of Fine Arts > Barry University > Miami Shores, Florida > 305 899 4922 > sweber@mail.barry.edu > >
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