Hello,
> -- who was Alvin Langdon Coburn?
Here's a link that some infor on him:
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/C/coburn/coburn.html
> -- what is (was. . . ?) a copper plate press?
photogravure and the like.
> -- do we have recipes for "gum platinum" prints, and are any of us
> doing them?
I've seen them when searching through the archives.
> -- what's with the garb Alvin is wearing? (i.e., do the hood,
> drawstring, and forearm pad bear significance to the printing process?).
It's nothing exceptional, just loosfitting and comfortable clothing for a
day working with a press (there's no hood BTW, his shir's puffed up
becausing he's leaning foward. I would guess that the pad (if that's what
it is) is so that he can rest his arms on the press. Who knows, he's an
artist, could be a hundred reasons for wearing it.
> -- was the backdrop paper, canvas, muslin. . . or a precursory
> Photoshop plug-in, perhaps? (:~>)
Looks like a wall, probably white.
-David-
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