[alt-photo] Re: 返: Re: Official press release about HPlarge formatnegatives

[G Schmitz]

  On 7/16/10 2:39 AM, Keith Gerling wrote:
> Regarding Vermeer, there are arguments that he used a camera obscura in his
> work. As an aid in composition and to obtain that "alt look" that many of us
> seek.  I think is is very possible that he might have used an Epson with
> Photoshop had he the opportunity.  And why not?
>
> http://www.essentialvermeer.com/camera_obscura/co_one.html
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/vermeer_camera_01.shtml
>
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Joseph Smigiel<smieglitz at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
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It's probably a long shot to speculate on what Vemeer had in mind, but 
lots of folks have written books about  just that sort of thing.

I'm thrilled by some of the responses to this thread because I do think 
process informs the outcome.  The tools we choose to use do affect what 
happens and how we think - like it or not.  To deny the effects of 
process on the work we do is to live in a fools paradise.  For those of 
you who do what you do for whatever reasons, EXCLUDING the marketplace - 
spot on!

;)  --greg