[Alt-photo] Re: Carbon transfer exhibition

[Sandy King]

Vintage color carbons and carbros are rare. I have seen very few outside of museums and private collections. As you suggest, these were made primarily for advertising and many were probably destroyed when the agencies went out of business. Some 8-10 years ago someone acquired a large collection of color carbros from a movie studio and was selling them on ebay. Some of the prints were of fairly well-known stars of the period.

Sandy







On Feb 4, 2014, at 12:12 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:

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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy King" <sanking at clemson.edu>
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 8:47 AM
> Subject: [Alt-photo] Re: Carbon transfer exhibition
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> Hi Ankide,
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> I started a thread about your exhibition on the carbon forum on yahoo.
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> https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/CarbronTransfer/conversations/messages/4394
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> Not sure if you are subscribed to the group, but if not I invite you to do so. There are several members already on the list from Spain.
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> Best,
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> Sandy
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>    As all of you know three-color carbon was widely used for high quality originals for making four-color photoengraving plates for advertising until supplanted by dye transfer or direct photography of Kodachrome.   The process was supposed to be very beautiful but extremely difficult.
>   I have been to many of the local photography galleries but do not remember ever seeing a color carbon print.  I suppose those made for advertising were destroyed but some must have survived. The process was also used by some photographers, again, I don't think I've ever seen on exhibit.
>   I would love to see Ankide's exhibit but can't.
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> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> dickburk at ix.netcom.com
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