Re: Polaroid Image Transfer

Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Fri, 1 Sep 1995 21:13:45 -0400 (EDT)

> -- European photographers have been among the first to explore the
> creative possibilities of "emulsion transfer," a process for removing
> and transferring the top image layer from Polacolor ER films - Types
Etc. Etc.

You know it's SO interesting to me that in a crew where Luis
Nadeau nixes bathing a platinum print in a 1 to 12 bath of acrylic medium
on the grounds that it's not *archival* (which isn't true even in 100%,
but in 1/12th that claim is absurd) not ONE person has said boo about
Polaroid and archival. I happen to have a little transfer made onto
splendid 100% rag paper two years ago on my desk....it already has lost
lustre, gotten a sunken-in look. OK, so it doesn't look so MARVELOUS to
me since I've been looking at gum, but fact is, even the company admits,
well let's say they say they're working on it.

New Topic: (I know it's bad form to do 2 topics in 1 post..sorry.) I did
send for the index, am about to download it now. But it isn't clear to me
what's different from what I requested. Don't send me the archive (I need
it back to May), but if you would just send me the exact line to write, I
would be forever grateful (as I am already).

Happy Labor Day wkend,

Judy