Re: Gum bichromate and photographing the nude,was Re: "CALENDAR ARTIST"

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From: Robert Newcomb (newcombr@gactr.uga.edu)
Date: 09/10/02-12:40:33 PM Z


It's funny how we think ...I did the same search and found the same nature
photographer at the same time for the same reason - I'd love to see those
gum prints too!
Robert Newcomb

epona wrote:

> Kerik,
>
> Despite the fact monitors usually do no justice, is there a place I can
> see Stuart's work online? I did a google search and came up with a color
> nature photographer in the UK so I don't think that's him.....
>
> Thanks,
> Christine
>
> Kerik wrote:
>
> > Anyone who saw Stuart Melvin's gum prints at Platypus this year knows
> > that gum prints CAN be the opposite of grainy and with limited detail.
> >
> > Grainy and lacking in detail is Old School! : )
> >
> > Kerik
> >
> > >>Let's get back to discussing something really relevant, like "can the
> > >>male/female photographer who shoots nudes only as a pretense for
> > >>looking at naked women/men really be satisfied with the grainy look
> > >>and limited detail of the gum bichromate process"?
> > >>
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
> It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this
> emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and
> stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed."
> -Albert Einstein


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