Re: Mapplethorpe & Gelatin Silver
Guillermo Penate (guillermo.penate@canrem.com)
Tue, 27 Jun 1995 22:01:00 -0400
-> Just took in the Mapplethorpe/Weston show at the Baltimore Museum of
-> Art. I'd heard of gelatin-silver materials before, but relegated them
-> to cumbersome alternative processes and didn't seek out their use. At
-> the exhibit, I noted that Mapplethorpe, as late as the '80's was
-> using the process. Can someone explain to me the following:
->
-> 1) Paper -- is it available commercially? Or is it something esoteric
The only "esoteric" thing about it is its name. Gelatin-silver is
nothing else but what you are calling Standard silver material.
Regards,
G.Penate