Re: DeCosse prints

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From: Alejandro Lopez de Haro (alhr@wanadoo.fr)
Date: 04/04/02-12:22:05 PM Z


Hi Keith:

When you say that the prints are all platinum, are you brush developing?

Congratulations on your forthcoming coauthoring portfolio.

On another thought, can you tell the difference from a p/p prints made from
a non-enlarged negative and one from an enlarged negative?

Regards,

Alejandro López de Haro
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Taylor" <keithmtaylor@mac.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 4:59 AM
Subject: DeCosse prints

> Alejandro,
> Cy's prints - all platinum - vary from 14" square through to about 34" x
> 20". The majority, as you say, are approx. 20" square. They are all
> enlarged from either 120 or 4x5 negs. I have only experimented a couple
> of times with digital output using an imagesetter. That was for one of
> the 34"x20" prints, but eventually, because of time constraints, I made
> the negative using the Arista lith film, APHS. Too much to learn too
> quickly!
> Regarding your previous message about co-signing prints, that's a tricky
> one. All of the prints are made under Cy's supervision at his studio,
> but I don't sign the prints. I've heard all the arguments for and
> against the practise. I've just finished a portfolio of polymer
> photogravures for Cy that will be co-signed though.
> Regards,
>
> Keith Taylor
> Minneapolis MN
> (612) 721 2286
>
> On Wednesday, April 3, 2002, at 09:34 AM, Alejandro Lopez de Haro wrote:
>
> > Hi Keith:
> >
> > Just curious, de Cosse prints comes in all sizes, but I think the
> > largest
> > ones are: 23x18", are these made by a 20x24 camera or are these enlarged
> > negatives? If so, are they digitally enlarged negatives?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Alejandro
> >
>


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