Re: Platinum portraits


Jim Strain (jstrain@iquest.net)
Fri, 19 Mar 1999 09:43:09 -0500


Rob: Within the past year, I have begun to do pt/pd portraits almost
exclusively. I find the tones of pt/pd, or zia with cesium to be a
wonderful complement to portraiture. Irving Penn, Paul Strand and Edward
Weston, to name just a few, did portraiture in pt/pd. Cheers. Jim

At 08:59 AM 3/19/99 -0500, you wrote:
>How come there are so few platinum/palladium portraits? Maybe I just
>haven't seen my share but is it a contrast issue or that plat/palladium
>lends itself more to landscapes/stills more than people?
>Rob Altomonte
>



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