[alt-photo] Re: prints that leave our hands

[Peter Blackburn]

Hi Diana:

 

It's amazing how we can sometimes treat our images as if they were our children. The psychology of all that might lend itself to a good essay. How emotional to watch a print go off into the hands of a stranger—and how devastating to see them, as you did, abandoned in a thrift store. "I hope it had a good trip" — what a precious phrase! Thanks for sharing both of your stories and for the great sense of humor—and humility—you expressed so well in them. No fading, no yellowing. I can sense your huge sigh of relief!

 

Yes, I will let you know the results of my "tests" if anything significant happens to unfold.


Peter 


 
> From: dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net
> To: alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org
> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 15:34:31 -0500
> Subject: [alt-photo] prints that leave our hands
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> Well, do keep us posted on what happens when the PVA sits in the sun 
> or in the freezer. The results will be interesting.
> 
> I always wonder what happens to my prints when they leave my hands, 
> too-- but not so much from a conservation viewpoint. Some pinhole 
> friends of mine told me, about a year ago, that they were in an 
> "antique" store out in NM, and one of my prints was sitting up there-- 
> all framed and matted-- for sale. Sad, but true. I have no idea who 
> originally bought it, and since I know I didn't sell it to anyone in 
> NM, I often wonder how it made its way out there. I hope it had a 
> good trip. I did ask if it had held up (it was a b&w hand-tinted 
> print, so I wondered if it was one of those I hadn't fixed long 
> enough) :) But they said it looked great and still held up. They at 
> least liked it enough to turn it over to see who had made it. The 
> best part was-- the store was asking a higher price for it than I know 
> I had originally put on it. So I felt good about that. Still, there 
> it was-- sitting in some dark corner, far from its original home-- 
> unsold. And then I went to a charity auction once, and saw a 
> photograph hanging up for sale that I really liked. I got right up on 
> it, and realized why I was so drawn to it. It was mine. So it seems 
> when people decide to clean out their homes, my prints are the first 
> to go. On the other hand, the one I saw also still looked great-- no 
> fading and no yellowing. And since I was initially so drawn to it, at 
> least I like to think I have a consistent vision. :)
> 
> 
> On Mar 5, 2010, at 3:06 PM, Peter Blackburn wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Hi Diana:
> >
> >
> >
> > Still, I have a few small swatches of papers coated with various 
> > dilutions of Gamblin PVA sitting in full sun, under fluorescent 
> > bulbs, and even in the freezer. I just want to know firsthand what 
> > might happen, especially under adverse conditions (as imperfect and 
> > incomplete as my testing methods may be), when a print leaves my 
> > hands into the hands of a buyer. I've done it with my pigments and 
> > paper, so this is par for the course with me.
> >
> >
> 
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