From: Sandy King (sanking@clemson.edu)
Date: 07/08/02-12:15:05 PM Z
Jeff Buckels wrote:
>Though I did not attend the Alt Photo Conf in Albuquerque, I have in recent
>weeks seen numerous recently-produced gum-overs and gums by Stuart Melvin,
>Kerik Kouklis, Stan Klimek and others. I'm puzzled by Katherine Thayer's
>posting. Maybe the gum-over craft has simply been elevated in recent times.
>Anyway, I see very little connection between these recent gum-overs/gums and
>Cibachromes. The color/texture appeal is to me altogether different. For
>that matter (full disclosure) I'm not sure I've ever seen a Cibachrome I'd
>allow on the same wall with a fine gum-over. These gum-overs/gums I've seen
>recently include some of the most beautiful pictures, of any kind, I've ever
>seen. -jeff buckels
I too am puzzled by Katharine's remarks. Stuart Melvin's gum over
platinum prints are stunning and are among the most beautiful prints
I have ever seen that use gum, either partially or in whole.
They are so unlike Cibachromes it is quite pointless to even attempt
a comparison. I find the use of the terms "glowing" and "luminosity"
to be very positive when describing prints. The opposite is often
dull and lifeless.
Sandy King
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>Katharine Thayer <kthayer@pacifier.com> said:
>
>> Richard Sullivan wrote:
>> >
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>> > When Stuart brought out his 20 x 24 twelve coat gums there was a audible
>> > murmur in the audience. Those prints are unlike anything I've ever seen,
>> > and if I did not know, I would have guessed they were carbons except for
>> > the luminosity. They had an unearthly glow to them. ... They were
>certainly not your Photo 101 gritty
>> > gums.
>>
>> Not to take anything from Stuart, but glowing gum prints are hardly new;
>> people have been printing glowing gum prints for quite a while. For a
>> couple of examples, Hamish Stewart's many-layered prints come to mind,
>> and there was a fellow in LA who did gum prints that looked like
>> Cibachromes, and I did some glowing gum prints myself earlier in my
>> career but it wasn't an aesthetic I found pleasing for my own work. I
>> figured if I wanted to make something that looked like Cibachromes I'd
> > print Cibachromes, it would be a whole lot less trouble.
> > Katharine
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