From: Bob and Carla (bb333@earthlink.net)
Date: 01/16/02-07:14:39 PM Z
Hi Judy, et al....here's the address for Doubletake, so you can check it out at home;
http://www.doubletakemagazine.org/
Robert
Judy Seigel wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Phillip Murphy wrote:
>
> > The daguerreotype that appears as the last image in Doubletake
> > magazine's special edition of the events of 9/11 is a full plate that
> > was one of three that Jerry made that morning from his rooftop. His
>
> Which issue of Doubletake is that? I've heard about it -- and would you
> BELIEVE that the magazine is NOT for sale in my neighborhood? My branch
> librarian looked it up (she never heard of it!) and informs me it's only
> available at main library ! (Whether that's a sign of our provinciallism
> or our sophisticated taste, I leave to personal choice.)
>
> Guess I should add that when I say I've heard about it -- I mean about
> that issue. I'd actually bought first 4 issues & was .... not whelmed
> enough to add so many pages to my monthly ration, which is already over
> the top... Is it too off topic to ask generally how it's gotten? Is this
> feature an exception... or do folks feel it's perhaps, um, keener? (My
> objection was articles went on and on and you never got the point... or
> took too long about it &/or too diffuse -- or so it seemed to me.)
>
> As for the exposure time --- hmmmm... Was told to me with such
> explicitness, can't help wonder if someone is pulling a Stieglitz on us.
> Or maybe, there were different versions, with different cameras/lenses?
>
> Whatever, thanks for the info. If I ever get uptown again DT is at top of
> the list...
>
> Judy
>
> > exposures were approximately three seconds for each plate; going back to
> > his studio between exposures to prepare each plate as the events
> > unfolded. Typically, Jerry's exposures are around sixteen seconds,
> > however, he used a faster lens in this case to capture the smoke from
> > the towers which would have been invisible to the Dag if longer
> > exposures had been used. The complete interview can be heard on the
> > npr.com web site. Search using keyword: Daguerreotype.
> >
> > Judy Seigel wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 quryhous@midcoast.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Sorry to mislead you about Jerry's show at Houk - the images are not of
> > > > his "Vanishing City Series" (the NYC cityscapes, including the first WTC tower
> > > > collapsing...) - but are of another group entirely - this exhibition is of body
> > > > parts (hands, backs of heads etc) and is a stunning group of work (all full
> > > > plates...). It's at Houk until the 26th, if memory serves...
> > >
> > > Actually Jon, I think I misled me. I'd spoken to Lyle more or less
> > > mid-October, he'd remarked on Jerry's dag of the attack & I just assumed
> > > this was that. It did make a splendid story -- it seems Jerry had view of
> > > WTC from his 23rd (or so) Street studio. Took an 8-hour exposure of the
> > > burning... all you saw from that distance was smoke. But we might say the
> > > only original dag of that event.
> > >
> > > Anyway, I'm glad to have the point clarified... you know how tough it is
> > > for me to get uptown...
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > Judy
> >
> >
> >
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