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

[Paul Viapiano]

Joe, please cite the reference for your statements. I want to read it, 
too...

Thanks much...Paul



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JoeSarff at aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:09 PM
Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Paractitioners from WWII thru the 1970's


>
>>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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