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

[Keith Gerling]

Interesting stories, Diana.  Thanks for sharing!

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Diana Bloomfield <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net
> wrote:

> 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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