RE: great alt process exhibit in St louis

It is quite an impressive book. Unfortunately many of my favorite pieces in
the show are not in the book as the Rennes and St. Louis showings differed
more than slightly in content. There was a particularly impressive large
dark gum of a factory spewing smoke at twilight that I don't think made the
book. A shame, because one doesn't usually think of industrial landscapes
when one hears the phrase "pictorial photography". As you are looking
through the book, be sure to check out the dimensions of the works. Some of
those gum prints were surprisingly HUGE - something not easily conveyed in a
book.

Two observations concerning this show: 1. The museum was loaning out large
magnifying glasses for this show, encouraging the users to get really close
and intimate with the works. I thought that was nice. 2. The first time I
attended I spent some time eavesdropping on the conversation that a museum
official was having with a couple of his friends. Apparently he has
something to do with hanging the show, because he discussed at length some
of the hassles he had encountered in obtaining works from European sources.
His fascinated guests were surprised to learn that people actually still
made gum prints but as he explained, it isn't easy, because it is hard to
find the "mineral paper" that is required for gum printing. Mineral paper?

-----Original Message-----
From: Christina Z. Anderson [mailto:zphoto@montana.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:09 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
Subject: Re: great alt process exhibit in St louis

Yes there is and I bought it and it is worth every penny! I would say it is
the most applicable show catalog to this list I have seen in years.
Available on Amazon.com or directly from the museum. It has a great
biography section in the back, and full color prints, and tops Antiquarian
Avant-Garde as a must-have alt book. It comes as close to being at the
exhibit as you can be, even to the point of seeing paper texture in the
reproductions.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Schmitz" <gws1@columbia.edu>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: great alt process exhibit in St louis

>
> Thom,
>
> I don't think I'll get out of Alaska in time to see the show. Did you
> happen to notice if there was a publication that went along with the
> exhibit? If there was, is it worth buying?
>
> Thanks -greg
>
>
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Thom Mitchell wrote:
>
>> Hello all, not sure if this is well known or not but , I was in St louis
>> for business and played a little hooky by going to the Art Museum. There
>> is an exhibit is titled: Impressionist Camera: Pictorial Photography in
>> Europe, 1888-1918. There are really wonderful prints and autochromes, not
>> to mention carbons, gums, platinums, Fressons, gravures and even a silver
>> gelatin.
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Received on Thu Apr 27 07:55:14 2006