Re: Who put the Glaze on Weston's Pepper?

Bas van Velzen (eland@knoware.nl)
Wed, 20 Mar 1996 23:08:25 +0100

There are other methods of clearing photos and negatives from mirroring
using iodine/alcohol followed by fixing treatments. The main drawback
however is that in removing the silver a part of the original image is
removed also. One has to understand that the silver on the surface has
lost, so to speak, its "place" in the gelatine/silver mixture. The silver
on the surface has lost its connection with- and meaning to- the image it
comes from. In removing it the density of the image is altered in these
places. Sometimes, -sometimes- it can be necessary to remove the mirroring
in order to be able to print a negative without the veiling caused by it.

one could read on this subject:

E Weyde: Negativfehler in Negativarchiven, Koln; A simple test to identify
gasses which destroy silver images, Photographic Science and Engineering,
Vol 16 no. 4 1972

hi Mogens, hope to hear from you soon,

Bas van Velzen

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