[alt-photo] Re: Paractitioners from WWII thru the 1970's

[Keith Gerling]

this from Penn's book Passage, page 144:

"finally I arrived at the serene pleasure of making the print itself.  Over
the years I must have spent thousands of hours silently brushing on the
liquid coatings, preparing each sheet of paper in anticipation of reaching
the perfect print"

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Keith Gerling <keith.gerling at gmail.com>wrote:

> Todd Walker made gum bichromate prints in the 60s (I think)
>
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> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Jeremy Moore <jeremydmoore at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Joe,
>>
>> >From reading what? I, like Paul, have heard both stories and would like
>> to
>> see citations as opposed to more second-hand information.
>>
>> -Jeremy-
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 2:09 PM, <JoeSarff at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > >From reading I have one, Penn would come into the studio, and look at
>> the
>> > ground glass, make adjustments and leave.  The 'technicians' actually
>> lit,
>> > composed and tripped the shutter.  From that I would say David Vestal
>>  is
>> > correct.
>> >
>> > George Tice also printed platinum in the 70's
>> >
>> > Joe Sarff
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > In a message dated 3/11/2010 9:41:29 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
>> > viapiano at pacbell.net writes:
>> >
>> > AFAIK,  Irving Penn did the alt work in his studios, but of course, may
>> > have
>> > been  helped by assistants.
>> >
>> > Where do you have info that can be verified that  he did not print his
>> alt
>> > or
>> > other work?
>> >
>> > You know, a while ago there  was an article in one of the photo mags in
>> > which
>> > David Vestal reamed  Irving Penn re: his work and implied that they guy
>> > knew
>> > nothing about  photography. It was deplorable, and just proved to me
>> that
>> > Vestal had an  axe to grind, but both men's work speaks for  itself.
>> >
>> > Paul
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Richsul  Sullivan" <richsul at earthlink.net>
>> > To: "'The alternative photographic  processes mailing list'"
>> > <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>
>> > Sent: Thursday,  March 11, 2010 8:32 AM
>> > Subject: [alt-photo] Paractitioners from WWII thru  the 1970's
>> >
>> >
>> > >I can use some help. I am preparing a lecture on the  history of alt
>> > process
>> > > since WWII.
>> > >
>> > > I would like to  know who was doing handmade and historical process
>> > > photography after  WWII up to 1980. I am particularly interested in
>> folks
>> > > working in the  1970's in what I call the early renaissance period of
>> alt
>> > > photography.  Links to their work is helpful as well as any
>> information
>> > as
>> > >  to
>> > > who was actually doing the printing, say in the case of Irving  Penn,
>> who
>> > I
>> > > believed did not print most of his own work. Hopefully the  folks
>> would
>> > > have
>> > > had some exhibitions of their  works.
>> > >
>> > > As an example, Steve Szabo made a mark in the 70's  doing platinum
>> prints
>> > > and
>> > > Laura Gilpin continued making  platinum prints post WWII until her
>> death.
>> > > Karl Struss had work  printed by Herb Quick and I believe they were
>> made
>> > in
>> > > the  1970's.
>> > >
>> > > I am not interested in silver gelatin even though some  now consider
>> it
>> > to
>> > > be
>> > > alternative.
>> > >
>> > >  Thanks!
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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