[alt-photo] Re: Paper Negatives

[Robert Newcomb]

paul,
I think they are lovely! 
I'm impressed!
Robert Newcomb

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>Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 16:01:09 -0800
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>Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Paper Negatives  
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>Chris...
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>I liked what I saw in Peter's work using the paper negs, so I started experimenting and liked the results enough to continue trying tricolor gum with them. Three pieces of paper are a lot less expensive than OHP, especially when trying out new ideas.
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>That being said, I find OHP sharper, easier to register and more defined than paper negs, but not to the degree you'd expect. I found that the paper being used for the print itself played a bigger role. Paper negs printed on Fab EW were very detailed, while negs printed on Rives BFK were dreamy/grainy/ethereal-like.
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>For me, they are just another tool in the kit.
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>Here are two tricolor images with paper negs on Rives:
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>http://www.flickr.com/photos/viapiano/4155163449/
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>http://www.flickr.com/photos/viapiano/4138755731/
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>Here's a tricolor image with paper negs on Fab EW:
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>http://www.flickr.com/photos/viapiano/4066872861/
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>And a single color on Rives:
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>http://www.flickr.com/photos/viapiano/4235624537/
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>These are all 2 minute sun exposures (So California cloudless).
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>For the record, gum is the only process I've printed with the paper negs.
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>Let me know what you think!
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>Paul
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>> Paul,
>> Refresh my memory:  what do you feel is the advantage of
>> these waxed paper negatives over Inkpress, Pictorico, or
>> Arista OHP?  Taking time, mess, purchase of beeswax and
>> Epson paper, for instance.  Is there a visual effect that
>> you achieve with the thicker paper? And if it is only cost,
>> have you figured out a per-negative cost to doing it this
>> way?
>> I have never tried it, finding Pictorico excellent, but for
>> BW this would have some good possibilities.
>> Chris
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