From: Tom (tscal@prodigy.net)
Date: 04/14/00-11:22:41 AM Z
Suzanne,
Wow that's great! I'm very curious did Connie say much about the
characteristics of the wet plate negatives compared to dry plates (like
Atget used and maybe Watkins too, later in his career)? I don't think I've
ever seen any really detailed description of how today's blue-sensitive
films with modern developers might compare. I was under the impression the
silver nitrate albumen printing out paper available in recent years was
quite similar to what was used in the past, perhaps indistinguishable.
Thanks.
-Tom
Suzanne wrote
> Yesterday I received a message from David Applegate, a photographer at
> the National Gallery of Art, asking me to contact him about the Watkins
> exhibit and my questions regarding collodion and albumen. I met him in
> the afternoon, and he took me to the office of Connie McCabe, who is
> Senior Photograph Conservator at the Gallery. Connie spent the next
> hour sharing her vast knowledge of the old processes and early
> photographers and showing us examples of collodion plates (varnished
> and unvarnished) and albumen paper and prints. It was a priviledge to
> be taken behind the scenes and to receive so much valuable information.
>
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