Re: Silver Book
j.r.anderson (j.r.anderson@mds.qmw.ac.uk)
Fri, 6 Sep 1996 08:23:48 +0100
>On Fri, 6 Sep 1996, Jack Fulton wrote:
>
>> Yes, I will also throw in that the 'Silver Gelatin' book by Martin Reed
>> and Sarah Jones is really a nice thoughtful production.
>> The images they gathered are interesting, the interviews helpful and the
>> technical material thorough. For such a little practiced aspect of
>> photography (probably more than I think) it ought to really make this
>> methodology spread like wildfire.
>
>Having seen Ig Mata's ultimate results (remember we were the ones looking
>for clues in the spring), I expect it should "spread like wildfire." She
>did finally, after much silver emulsion down the drain, many many calls to
>the company, and an incredible amount of midnight electricity, get a
>handle on coating Liquid Light on glass and plexi (the two take quite
>different handling, the first a substrate of gelatine/alum, the second
>polyurethane). But virtue triumphed. Not only was the work beautiful,
>her two shows in Brazil were triumphs, with TV interviews, newspaper
>reviews, the whole bit. She also sold nearly everything, as of last
>report...
>
>I daresay if we'd had the book then, much grief could have been avoided.
>Jack, you didn't say where you got it. I have friend going to London
>next month with instructions to bring me 2 copies.... but others still
>need to know...
>
>Judy
And there is a (small) chance we might be going to the USA later (?end
October?), so I could bring a few copies over, depending on which part of
the USA we go to.... I'll keep you posted!
Jonathan Anderson