> I was fortunate to have enough time to visit the Museum of
> Modern Art in San Francisco last week. They have an excellent
> exhibit that features a number of Edward Weston's prints.
> I noticed that there was a shiny metalic silver colored deposit
> on the surface of Weston's "Pepper #38" in the areas of the
> print having the deepest blacks.
I've seen this on several vintage Weston prints at the Center for Creative
Photography.
Pete