[Alt-photo] Re: EVANGELISM

[Eric Nelson]

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On May 29, 2013, at 12:37 AM, "BOB KISS" <bobkiss at caribsurf.com> wrote:

> DEAR LIST,
> 
>            Don’t worry!  This isn’t about religion (or sex or politics,
> sadly!!!).  It is about the fact that the US Embassy in Barbados sponsored
> two day-long demos that I taught on Cyano and Albumen.  I pushed Christopher
> James’ book at both sessions stating the truth:  His book makes even the
> most difficult process accessible to anyone who can follow a recipe to bake
> a cake without (and this is the most important part) I say again, without,
> sacrificing rigorous treatment of the chemistry for those who know, or want
> to know, more!  The writing is entertaining which can keep even the most
> uninitiated darkroom person’s attention focused.
> 
>            The great thing about these workshops was that, out of 10
> students each, only 3 had ever actually processed film or made any print in
> a darkroom!!!  They were all young “digiphotographers”.  So I had them
> e-mail me image files and I made digital negs from those files using Dan
> Burkholder’s templates and Inkpress film.  The results were stunning and the
> students left grinning from ear to ear carrying their first hand made
> prints…cyano and albumen at that!!!
> 
>            I think history is repeating itself:  The “Arts and Crafts”
> movement in the late 19th & early 20th centuries in response to
> industrialization and the “Back to the Earth” movement in response to all
> those charming things that happened in the late 50s and 1963 to 1972.  Now
> it is a reaction to everything being digital; shoot, Frotoshop, stick in the
> ICC paper file and press “print”.  Many young people want to actually MAKE
> something with their hands!  
> 
>            So I am happy to have spread “the word” (Alt) and am very
> encouraged by the reaction.  Oh, by the way, did I tell you that, due to
> space limitations in the darkroom we used, the Embassy had to turn away
> around 15 people per workshop!!!  Yup, thinking of repeating them and adding
> more!  
> 
>                                    CHEERS!
> 
>                                                BOB
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> Please check my website:  <http://www.bobkiss.com/> http://www.bobkiss.com/
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> "Live as if you are going to die tomorrow.  Learn as if you are going to
> live forever".  Mahatma Gandhi
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> "Earth" without "art" is just "Eh"!  (Anonymous graffiti posted on Facebook)
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> “Madonne e fiori, trionfo eterno di gioventù!”  from Mattinata Fiorentina by
> Antonella Ruggiero
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