[alt-photo] Re: ziatype

[Mark Nelson]

I think Richard Sullivan lives on Zia Way. Or Zia Ave. 

Mark Nelson
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On Apr 26, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Christina Anderson <zphoto at montana.net> wrote:

> Dear All,
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> Over the last five months I have managed to slug through all the archived emails from the list's inception. There's not much on ziatype in there...I've got only about 10 collated pages of notes on ziatype out of 750pp all told.
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> I went to B and S and see that the book on it is no longer available, and it was called The New Platinum Print.
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> I noticed in the archives there was some grumbling about the name "ziatype" as being inappropriate, using the name of a deity in the Native American religion to describe a process seemed to be the argument, though "Zia" means sun is the other side of the argument. This was before I got on the list so I wasn't aware of this discussion from 99 on.
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> Is that argument still valid or merely usual list grumbling?
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> Is the process widely practiced or more or less a sort of..."subset"...of pt/pd?
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> Is there no longer a book available on the process, really?
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> I notice B and S still sells all the chemistry so it must be being used by someone.
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> Any thoughts are appreciated.
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> Chris
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> Christina Z. Anderson
> christinaZanderson.com
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