[alt-photo] Re: ziatype
Christina Anderson
zphoto at montana.net
Tue May 1 00:15:40 GMT 2012
Thanks, Joe and Loris and others offlist,
I was able to locate the ziatype manual from another listee. Good to know the name isn't a big issue, just one of those "dustups" that the list is known to participate in.
I had a chapter on it in my alt cond. book and in working on the revision of that, I was just really wanting to know if I should keep that chapter in and revise it, but after reading up and all over on the process I realize it is still quite intriguing. It may even be intriguing enough to replace pt/pd in my alt course with it, insofar as it is cheaper, and POP.
It seems the fumed silica is another "hygroscopic" ingredient as is the lithium pd and the cesium pd, all serving to keep moisture in the layer to make a DOP more POP is what I gather from my reading.
I have some AFO here that I've had a few years. Funny, it is packaged in a semi-opaque plastic container...guess it is not that light sensitive...
Chris
Christina Z. Anderson
christinaZanderson.com
On Apr 26, 2012, at 3:56 PM, JoeSarff at aol.com wrote:
> Hi Chris:
>
> Having lived in New Mexico now for over five years, I'm going to take a
> poke a at your questions.
>
> The Zia, or sun symbol, is as ubiquitous to New Mexico and it's people as
> oranges are to Florida, movies to California or the Yankees to New Yorkers.
> It's everywhere, from the state flag, to my drivers license to nik-nak's
> sold at tourist traps. To call the process the Ziatype (referring to solar
> printing out) is no big deal, not politically incorrect and an insult or
> affront to no one.
>
> I believe the process was always a subset of the more widely practiced
> 'regular' platinum/palladium develop out process. It was, I believe, more for
> people who had negs for more conventional silver printing who wanted to see
> them in platinum.
>
> As to the book, books come in and out of print all the time. I believe
> Carl Weese actually printed that one, not B&S. I would look to him for
> answers.
>
> Finally, as to the chemicals, 505/474-0890 and ask Leah or Dana. I really
> don't know.
>
> All the best
>
> Joe Sarff
>
>
>
> In a message dated 4/26/2012 9:15:25 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
> zphoto at montana.net writes:
>
> Dear All,
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Is that argument still valid or merely usual list grumbling?
>
> Is the process widely practiced or more or less a sort of..."subset"...of
> pt/pd?
>
> Is there no longer a book available on the process, really?
>
> I notice B and S still sells all the chemistry so it must be being used by
> someone.
>
> Any thoughts are appreciated.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
>
>
> Christina Z. Anderson
> christinaZanderson.com
>
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