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

[Paul Viapiano]

Diana,

Thanks so much for the stories...

As I sit here on the eve of hanging prints in my first show (ever!) it comes 
at the right time!

Paul



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diana Bloomfield" <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net>
To: "The alternative photographic processes mailing list" 
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Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 12:34 PM
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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