Re: Sudek show

Luis Nadeau (awef6t@mi.net)
Sun, 24 Mar 1996 21:31:43 +0300

..
>Josef Sudek
>
>Born March 17, 1896, in Kolin, Czechoslovakia, Sudek died September 15, 1976,
>in Prague. He studied photography at the School of Graphic Art in Prague with
>Professor Karel Novak (1922-23). A lifelong passion for music also influenced
>his life and work.
>
>After being apprenticed to a bookbinder (1911-13) Sudek was inducted into the
>army (1915). While at the Italian front he was seriously injured and later
>suffered the loss of his right arm. Because of this handicap he could no
>longer be a bookbinder, so he turned to photography. In 1920 Sudek joined the

This is what I never understood. Some people say that he made pigment
prints, and others said that he made carbon prints. The latter is usually
the single or double transfer process. How can one make those with one arm?
Has anyone read an account of his techniques?

Luis Nadeau