He writes as follows,
"As part of my 'workshop contract' I have undertaken to give a formal
lecture, open to the public (there will also be many informal ones that are
not!). It's scheduled for July 6th at 6.30 pm."
Following is his description of the formal lecture:
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GOLDEN MEANS
A Lecture by Mike Ware
Synopsis
My title may be read in three ways, each reflecting a different strand
woven into the lecture: the first reading is the symbolic meaning of gold
itself, in the alchemists' mystical view of the metal as the mineral
embodiment of the sun's light; the second reading is the use of gold as a
means to an end, where chemical technology enables the making of
photographic prints in colloidal gold; the third reading is the Golden Mean
as a harmonious proportion of classical art, which denotes a concern with
form and structure, as well as content, within the contemporary photograph.
Thus history, chemistry, and aesthetics each have a role in binding
together disparate aspects of technology and art into the unique hybrid
that is photography.
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NB This is *emphatically not* a lecture on how to make chrysotypes, nor is
the workshop itself, which is strictly platinum/palladium (with a dash of
argyro- and new cyano- thrown in).
[I had passed a list comment along to him, his response follows]
>> On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, Richard Sullivan wrote:
>> > I understand that Mike Ware is doing a book on cyanotype. Now Dr. Ware
>> > certainly has better things to do than write books for money and if anyone
>> > thinks that he's going to get rich on this book, well...
I'm afraid Dick is right, although I thank you for the enthusiastic
optimism of your sales pitch! I've calculated that even if the Science
Museum sell the entire print run, my royalties will not amount to one
third of the fee that I shall earn in California in two weeks. (The book
took two years, BTW).
Mike
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Judy