Re: Possibly OT, now...Re: new alt process--gelatin silver

Hi Dennis,
Iwas told that The Gallery feels that CD is not permanent and can be
infected with viruses. I was told that they are going back to film to
photograph the collections.
I am hopeless with digital topics... so; I am not an expert in telling you
about the subject.
I am sorry, Dennis- that is all I know. I have heard from Musicians that
they feel CD s' are not permanent either.
If someone had an answer, it would be nice to know the definitive state of
digital versus analog.
I am not totally against digital- I am against peoples' ability to embrace
anything that doesn't require good honest work and study.
If I had someone who explain what computers do and how to work mine for
other things than e-mail- I would be very happy.
Susan
www.susanhuber.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Moser" <aldus@angrek.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 6:38 AM
Subject: Possibly OT, now...Re: new alt process--gelatin silver

> Susan,
>
> Do you know what they mean by "documenting their images?" Does this
> refer to the making of a visual record of their image collections or of
> ALL their collections? Were they making digital photographs or shooting
> film and scanning it to CD?
>
> Something isn't quite right about the statement...if they have been
> storing their visual records on write-only CDs, there is NO WAY that the
> content would be affected by viruses. As for the wet route, I'm inclined
> to say that gelatin silver IS an alternative process...(and in the words
> of David Byrne, "and that's alright by me")
>
> I realize that this may represent a topic drift, but this is an area of
> professional concern to me, so I have to ask.
>
> Dennis Moser
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>
> Susan Huber wrote:
> > Hi Christina, The good sources say
> > National Gallery in Ottawa, Ont. (Canada) has gone away from CD-ROM for
> > documenting their images towards going the film route- you know- THE WET
> > Route. As they feel the CDs' are not resistant to viruses.
> > So there, don' worry- the wet route will not disappear. It is up to most
of
> > us to keep the rote going.
> > Sincerely,
> > Susan
> > www.susanhuber.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@bellsouth.net>
> > To: "Alt list" <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 6:42 AM
> > Subject: new alt process--gelatin silver
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hello!
> >>Man oh man has the list been quiet of late, so I thought I'd share a
> >>maddening comment made at a panel.
> >>
> >>The panel was in Washington DC at a conference I was at, the third of
> >
> > three
> >
> >>this spring. Never again. Anyway, it was a printmaking conference (as
in
> >>silkscreen, mezzotint, that kind of printmaking) with very prestigious
> >>people on the panel, including the curator of prints and photography of
> >
> > the
> >
> >>Library of Congress, two of the printmakers for big mane artists, an art
> >>editor from Art in America, and it was held at the Library of Congress.
> >>
> >>One of the panel members was talkiing about this or that and said,
> >>offhandedly, "And there are even some schools that teach wet darkroom,
> >>still--I mean, hello, wet darkroom is DEAD." He was a bit less
vernacular
> >>than I. NO ONE in the room nor the other panel members corrected
him--they
> >>all nodded knowingly.
> >>
> >>Granted, this was not a photography conference, but I was pretty shocked
> >
> > as
> >
> >>I watched myself become a dinosaur. I figure within my lifetime,
gelatin
> >>silver will be added as a suitable topic for this alt list.
> >>
> >>BTW, the Library of Congress has 100,000 prints in their collection.
When
> >
> > I
> >
> >>asked the curator if there were any gum prints I could see, she did not
> >
> > know
> >
> >>what I was talking about. Sigh.
> >>Chris
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
Received on Sat Apr 9 08:16:45 2005