From: Pam Niedermayer (pam_pine@cape.com)
Date: 04/18/00-12:42:47 AM Z
The ICP is the International Center for Photography, the
main building, at least a few years ago, is in NYC, just a
couple of blocks up 5th Ave. from the Guggenheim, east side
of the park.
Pam
Janet Hubbard wrote:
>
> Thank you for the suggestion. I don't know him or even who the ICP is but
> when I get back in town in a couple of days I'll find him through
> Switchboard.
>
> Janet
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joachim [mailto:joachim@microdsi.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 7:31 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: RE: Old glass negatives
>
> 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!
> >
-- Pamela G. Niedermayer Pinehill Softworks Inc. 1221 S. Congress Ave., #1225 Austin, TX 78704 512-416-1141 512-416-1440 fax http://www.pinehill.com
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