Re: No.Not Fresson !
Dennis Klinker (DennisKlinker@denklik.demon.co.uk)
Sat, 05 Jul 1997 09:51:17 +0100
In message <970705011711_-393484903@emout17.mail.aol.com>,
FotoDave@aol.com writes
>In a message dated 97-07-04 21:06:27 EDT, Grafist@AOL.COM writes:
>
><< All that anyone can learn about Fresson is what it IS NOT >>
>
>Could someone please tell me what Fresson is? Is there a book with a
>reproduction of Fresson print? Could someone post (by attaching file) a scan
>of Fresson print? So far I have only seen the name in books, and a print in a
>history of photography book (don't remember the title now since I saw it in
>the library, and I don't know if it is actually Fresson or mistakenly called
>Fresson).
>
>Or is it true that the only thing we can learn about Fresson is that it is
>just a name and any print made by anyone beside the two companies who own it
>is not Fresson? If that is the case, then why are so many people - it seems -
>trying to make or imitate Fresson?
>
>Am I the ONLY ONE on the list who doesn't know what a Fresson print look
>like?
>
>David S.
>
Hi David I know it can be frustrating to hear people on this list talk
about Fresson prints when most people would never have seen or in some
cases heard of them. To appreciate the process you must see an original
print scans and reproductions in books and magazines are a poor
substitute.Some years ago i was fortunate enough to hold in my sweaty
little hand an original Fresson print from the T.Herbert Jones
collection in Herbert and Lucie's living room it was indeed one of lifes
magic moments.The Fresson print given to him many tears ago by Jose
Ortiz Echague himself on the back is a diamond motif with the words
Carbondir/Fresson print.As i am sure you know the original Fresson lab
in France is still making Fresson prints and the only other person to
run a Fresson lab is Luis Nadeau in Canada who's books outline the
process if some what sketchily now theres a suprise!.But why should we
expect commercial operations to tell us how it is done.I am gratified
that an interest is again being generated in this beautiful process.Art
Chakalis,John Grocott,Dunstan Perera and Peter Fredrick all have direct
carbon processes of their own but are they Fresson ? we may never know
the answer to that one.The books i can recommend are as follows Jose
Ortiz Echague published by Gordon Fraser in 1979 ISBN 0-86092-016-X
and 24 still lives by John Stewart that was published to coincide with
his exhibition called Charcoal Prints at the Portfolio Gallery London
Yours Dennis
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Dennis Klinker