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

[Tomas Sobota]

Dick,
Have you checked "Alternative Photographic Processes" by Kent Wade? It was
printed around 1978 and has a list of references to articles published in
photo journals in the 70's. The list is not terribly large but anyway.
Tom Sobota
Madrid, Spain

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 2:29 AM, <richsul at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Thanks Sam.
>
> I knew Phil fairly well. You refreshed my memory on his printing Struss.
> Herb Quick printed the later ones. These were all done through Stephen
> White's Gallery as was my association with Struss. I helped print some POP's
> for Karl -- or at least tried to -- he was livid about the quality. This was
> Eastman's Studio Proof paper and not real POP (which wasn't made anymore)
> and he didn't like them at all, "It's proof paper!!! &*&(*&(*&" He told me
> the secret to his long life was by never drinking anything hot or cold. At
> least that is what he claimed, but I suspected it was a put on at first but
> later noticed that he let hot drinks sit. He was still driving when he was
> 94 or 95. He was born in '86 and lived to be 95 and he and his wife died
> within weeks of each other. He died first.
>
> He was a cinematographer and shot the original Frankenstein. He invented
> the Struss Pictorial Cinema lens that was used in countless movies in female
> closeups. Bergman was shot with it in Casablanca he claimed.
>
> Enough.
>
> --Dick
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: sam wang <samwang864 at gmail.com>
> >Sent: Mar 13, 2010 5:57 PM
> >To: richsul at earthlink.net, The alternative photographic processes mailing
> list <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>
> >Subject: Re: [alt-photo] Paractitioners from WWII thru the 1970's
> >
> >Richard,
> >
> >Phil Davis printed platinum for Karl Struss. At least he did with one
> >portfolio. I saw some of the prints in Phil's studio in 1982.
> >
> >There were a whole bunch of people doing alt processes in the early
> >70's: one of the SPE conferences at Asiloma had that as the theme, and
> >William Crawford talked about his book Keepers of Light. Todd Walker
> >did all sorts of processes. So did Charles Swedlund.
> >
> >Sam Wang
> >
> >
> >On Mar 11, 2010, at 11:32 AM, Richsul Sullivan wrote:
> >
> >> 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!
> >>
> >> --Dick Sullivan
> >>
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