Lighting Daguerreotypes for exhibition

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From: Jonathan Bailey (jon@jonathan-bailey.com)
Date: 09/27/03-02:31:01 PM Z


Greetings,

> But it can be translated exquisitely into book pages given the proper
> expertise (or maybe it's liberty?). I think of the Chuck Close dags in
> Lyle Rexer's Antiquarian book... I found them more remarkable than the
> originals which I saw well lighted (as far as I, a non-expert, could tell)
> in the gallery show.

The best lighting of dag's I've seen in exhibition was, I believe, The Met's
"Waking Dream" back in the early '90's. They used a system of tiny fiber
optic spot lights inside the cases exactly placed to give very good
results....

Best - JB
www.jonathan-bailey.com
Tenants Harbor, Maine


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