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

[Diana Bloomfield]

Hey Paul,

Well, I'm glad a few people enjoyed those little stories.  Gosh, I  
have so many more.

But congratulations on hanging prints in your very first show!  That  
is exciting, Paul.  What kind of prints will you be showing?  And  
where are you hanging the work-- or, where are you located?

I'm sure it will be rewarding for you.  I seem to always learn a lot  
when I put a show together.  I sometimes think of my work as being  
really disparate, especially when I'm home working on prints all by  
myself.  And then when I put some work together to actually hang  
somewhere, I'm always a little surprised that it all seems to actually  
flow-- like I had a real plan from the very beginning. :)

Do report back on how it all goes, though, and how terrific your work  
looks, I'm sure-- all hanging together.

Diana

On Mar 5, 2010, at 9:24 PM, Paul Viapiano wrote:

> 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" <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org 
> >
> 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. :)
>>
>>