[Alt-photo] Re: Katharine Thayer Exhibit in Astoria, Oregon

Diana Bloomfield dlhbloomfield at gmail.com
Thu May 23 18:54:09 UTC 2013


Hi Chia,

Wow-- thanks so much for sharing this.  I'm amazed that you use only one negative and can achieve those results.  Your prints are truly spectacular.  You make it sound so easy, but I'm thinking it's actually not. ;)  Stunning prints, really . . . it was hard to take my eyes off of them.  Thanks for allowing them to make that long trip to Oregon, too!

Diana


On May 23, 2013, at 2:37 PM, Hans Nohlberg wrote:

> Marek,
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> As promised here is my "recipe":
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> For the Poppy - and usually for most of my four colour gums - I use one negative. (Sometimes I use separation negatives but for me it's not the same fun/challenge.)
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> I start with a "sketch" - a weak black layer (lampblack, powder - "true", not synthetic)
> The next layer is yellow (Schmincke, powder) and I cover the whole image area. In the "development" I brush those parts away that shouldn't contain yellow (in so far as it goes.)
> The next layer is magenta (Schmincke, powder) - and the same procedure
> Next layer is cyan (Schmincke, powder) - and the same procedure - now the fun begins and you can see a colour image. It's all worth it!
> Finally, lampblack again, for the contrast etc.
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> The Poppy is an analog image (Hasselblad). At that time I went into the darkroom and made a print on a photographic plastic paper and then put this print in contact with the film for the negative. Very simple and smooth workflow. (There are some text in the background of the image saying Kodak!  Maybe, I should have chosen a paper without this text but it gave me some structure in the background!)
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> Hope this helps
> Chia
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> 20 maj 2013 kl. 20.04 skrev Marek Matusz:
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>> 
>> Chia,
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>> I was really taken by your poppy print. I was trying to deconstruct it like you would a dish in the restaurant. How many negatives, layers, colors? Were the layers lightly pigmented or stongly pigmented and washed back? 
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>> Sometimes it is just esiest to ask chef for the recipe (in this case the artist).
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>> If you are listening to the conversation could you elaborate on your workflow?
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>> Marek
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