[alt-photo] 1. Re: Paper Negatives (Judy Seigel)

Andy Schmitt awschmitt at verizon.net
Tue Feb 9 13:24:48 GMT 2010


 Hey Judy
All three of the grocery stores in my area sell Paraffin for home canning.
If anyone needs it, please let me know.
regards 

Andy Schmitt
Head of Photography, Peters Valley Craft Center
2010 schedule available on line at: 
    http://www.petersvalley.org/brochure/photography.pdf



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   1. Re: Paper Negatives (Judy Seigel)
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Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 23:40:21 -0500 (EST)
From: Judy Seigel <jseigel at panix.com>
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Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Paper Negatives
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On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, Diana Bloomfield wrote:

> I also assume that, just like paper negatives (unwaxed), often used 
> with pinhole cameras, for instance-- they give a much softer, 
> dreamier-- often more "other-worldly"--  positive image than does film 
> or a digital transparency.  To see one or two of the same images made 
> with a regular transparency, not a waxed paper negative, would be 
> really interesting.  But I'm guessing that's the main reason for using 
> them-- the resulting image is just that much more dreamlike and evocative.

But, if memory serves (and this WAS a long time ago), when we began doing
waxed paper negatives, there were few if any alternatives... We didn't all
have computers, in fact could be using a paper cup and a string to reach
"the list."

The irony may be that nowadays it can be difficult to get paraffin for the
waxing... it used to be sold in every grocery store for sealing your
home-made jam. (Besides which, "beeswax" is not necessarily among ordinary
art supplies.)

J.


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Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 23:58:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Judy Seigel <jseigel at panix.com>
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Subject: [alt-photo] oops !
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For some reason my mail is arriving with about 100 lines of boiler-plate 
intro. When I catch it in a reply I delete, but I think the last one 
escaped me.  Sorry.

J.


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