RE: update on lumen prints

Thanks for the information. I guess I'll scan everything first and then try
to fix and wash them. While going through my contact sheets recently I found
a contact sheet/sun print I made of negatives on Kodak RC paper back in 1967
and it's still "readable." I may just not fix or wash the images I really
like. If they last another 30 years I probably won't know about it anyway.

Gerry

-----Original Message-----
From: George L Smyth [mailto:glsmyth@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 12:03 PM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: RE: update on lumen prints

Gerry -

If you develop them then you will just get a black piece of paper. The
prints
need to be fixed, but that removes most of the nice color. Not fixing
retains
the color, but as you can guess, gives them a limited lifetime.

Perhaps the best option is to scan before fixing, and understand the the
original will not last - sort of like Andy Goldsworthy's work.

Cheers -

george

--- Gerry Giliberti <GGILIBERTI@controlotron.com> wrote:

> Andy,
>
> I started fooling around with these lumen prints and made a bunch of
> exposure but just put them in a box for now. (I haven't tried to develop
or
> fix them yet. I'm still reading over all the alt. list info). Did you
> develop your images or just fix and wash them? Also, are the scans on your
> blog of the original sun prints without development and fixing? Anyway, I
> like the whole idea. It makes for cool chemical and digital images to play
> around with. I'll be watching for your completed image posting.
>
> Gerry G
>
> [Gerry Giliberti] -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Duncan [mailto:duncanad45@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 9:44 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: update on lumen prints
>
>
>
> I am almost done with creating a web gallery of all my lumen prints that I
> have made (and feel are web site worthy). I hope to have it completed this
> weekend, which I will post when I do get it completed, but until then,
there
> are some examples I have posted on my blog, found at
> photographicdepartures.blogspot.com
> <http://photographicdepartures.blogspot.com>
>
> Andy Duncan
>
>
> On 9/19/05, Ryuji Suzuki < rs@silvergrain.org <mailto:rs@silvergrain.org>
>
> wrote:
>
> From: George L Smyth < glsmyth@yahoo.com <mailto:glsmyth@yahoo.com> >
> Subject: RE: update on lumen prints
> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:11:29 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > My fear here is that the print is not adequately fixed, which begs the
> > question, "How do you know that your fixing has been adequate?" A one
> minute
> > fix with ammonium thiosulfate is adequate for many papers, but I am
> thinking
> > that a diluted version of a weaker fixer for that amount of time would
not
>
> > suffice.
>
> Sodium sulfide test would tell. But the test is destructive, so be
> sure to make reasonable test samples and allow good safety factor.
>
>
>
>

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