Re: Only fifty photogs working with platinotype/palladiotype!?

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From: "Judy Seigel" <jseigel@panix.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: Only fifty photogs working with platinotype/palladiotype!?

>
> On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Loris Medici wrote:
>
> > In Gary Auerbach's site it is claimed that:
> >
> > "My specialty is portraiture, specifically large format platinum
> > portraiture. With less than fifty photographers in the world working in
> > this medium, I find satisfaction in educating a public that knows little
> > about platinum photography and the platinotype."
>
> I don't know if I'm going to have the energy tonight to correct the
> misreadings of my remarks on archival and sharpness... but here's an easy
> one. More proof of low level of reading comprehension around here, I mean
> besides twisting my remarks. I'd flunk all respondents to this one on
> their SATs. (Although Loris should get a pass if he's English as a 2nd
> language.)
> ...

Ooops! You're somehow right, I could have more carefully read and tried
harder to comprehend what had wrote. Buy I think Gary is more a "sloppy
writter" (with your words) than I'm unable to comprehend what I read -
because after the claim, he continues with "...educating people about
[platinum photography and the platinotype]..." not [platinum portraiture],
so I understand the "medium" IS "platinum photography" NOT "platinum
portraiture". Whatever, my original intend was not bashing Gary but checking
whether my opinion about the number of Platinum/Palladium workers is right
or not (I think they're much more than 50 worldwide and even in this list
there should be more than 50 persons who practice in platinum/palladium
medium).

I'm not a native English speaker BTW (being a Turkish of Italian origin -
quite a combination!).

Regards,
Loris.
Received on Sun Feb 1 04:43:10 2004