Fine as far as it goes -- but I've been waiting for someone else to describe
how to get the archive, because this is not my best trick: I often have
to ask twice, nicely, before it arrives.
Worth it though. The Alt-photo-process archive, a record of all posts
since the beginning, circa March 1994, is a great read, a page-turner
(well, for process junkies) and full of human feeling -- and terrific
information.
I daresay also that some of the best informed folks, who have contributed
generously since List Day One on a variety of topics, may be less
enthusiastic about re-covering material when the same question is asked
two months later and after that and again this year. In other words,
there's material in the archive unlikely to surface again, or not the same
way.
However, the "May 2, 1994" I recommended was an exchange between Carson
Graves et al on the subject line "Why Process," explaining why they do
laboriously by hand what (theoretically ) could be done instantly by
machine. A most articulate personal & philosophical discussion.
Anyway, address your request to
listproc@vast.unsw.edu.au
leave the subject line blank
for the message body, write ONLY:
get alt-photo-process archive-9403
That's March 1994, or part of it. After that you can continue in order --
the last one I sent for was 9507, which, as I recall, goes up to July,
1995. One or two subsequent months might now be available. (If you want to
keep posts past, as I generally do, it's easier to get them in order
from the archive than from your mailbox, if your on-line files are anything
like mine.)
Note: if you leave out one hyphen in request above, listproc will reject
your request with a scolding......
Happy reading,
Judy