Why don't we try to make a concerted effort to educate the public about
whatever type of photographic printmaking we do. Whether it be gum,
kallitype, carbon, Van Dyke or cyanotype. I am a p/p printmaker,
and I am working very hard to get articles, tv stories, magazine
articles on what a platinotype is. And I am being somewhat successful.
There are really only two people in tucson working actively in p/p.
There are many gifted and talented people on this list. Many educators
whose talents include writing. We need to be sending
more articles into the photo magazines, using good reproductions so
people can best see what a hand applied emulsion looks like. For those
who sit on principle that you can't do justice to an alt proc print
because you can't see the surface qualities, well then use your pen
to describe it. We need to organize more alt proc juried shows in more
cities of more countries.
We have to be more vocal and visual about what we do to the general
public. We can be the photographic renaissance of the new millenia.
There will be many people looking to find a more classical process. We,
the people on this list, have got to let them know that these processes
exist. If not us, than who?
Gary Auerbach
http://www.azstarnet.com/platinum
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