From: Joachim (joachim@microdsi.net)
Date: 04/17/00-08:31:01 PM Z
You might consider contacting Gary Schneider who currently has an exhibition
at the ICP in New York. He is a master B/W printer who has done numerous
projects with glass slides, widely exhibited. It would be hard to find a
better person or a more generous one. He has an address in NYC but you can
probably reach him through the ICP. Joachim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janet Hubbard [mailto:imaginethat@portgualala.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 4:18 AM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> Subject: Old glass negatives
>
>
> I'm new to this list as of today. I found you while researching old glass
> negatives.
>
> My father was a professional photographer most of his life until his death
> in 1994. He started taking photos in about 1920 and opened a little studio
> soon afterwards in their tiny town.
>
> Now that he's died I'm left with every negative he ever took
> (literally) as
> well as much of his equipment. However, the darkroom and the associated
> equipment was sold several years ago. Now I have the cameras and
> the prints
> and negs. Although I have his Durst enlarger which I'm selling, I
> don't have
> any facilities for setting up a darkroom here. Nor do I have the time to
> handle photography at that level.
>
> I've discovered a small box about 10 inches high of old glass
> negatives. Not
> having a working darkroom, I'm trying to be creative in looking at and
> printing from these. I've tried scanning them on my relatively new HP
> ScanJet 6200C scanner and then reversing it to a positive in Adobe
> PhotoDeluxe. It works well enough to get a good idea what's there
> although I
> haven't moved it to the computer with the good printer on it yet. Is there
> an easier way to do this? (short of paying a professional lab to
> print them)
>
> My main problem is that these negatives were perhaps stored on
> the floor of
> a building that was flooded many years ago. Some of them are quity muddy.
> Others seem to have mildew/mold on them.
>
> Can someone point me to a source of information on glass negatives? There
> seems to be an emulsion on them. I tried washing one in cool running water
> and blotting it dry by laying it on a clean soft paper towel. I
> couldn't see
> that I hurt it in any way, but then I'm pretty ignorant. Any
> recommendations
> on cleaning them? How should they be stored? What should I do
> with them long
> term? Are they worth anything?
>
> My biggest sorrow is that I didn't absorb more of the incredible amount of
> knowledge my dad had. I've been around this for so long I took it for
> granted. Now I realize how totally ignorant I am.
>
> I'm sure I'll be back soon with more questions.
>
> Janet
> imagine that!
>
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