[pure-silver] Re: List gone quiet again

>When B&W photography was common and snapshots 
>were typically processed by some photofinisher contracted by 
>the corner drugstore, the most common prints were glossy 
>finish contact prints on some blue-black paper like Velox.

Still my favorite style of print.  For the most part I leave toning to
others.

Jerry

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>I just put up a show with all the prints toned in KBT. I've
>received a lot of comments, including questions about how 
>to use KBT.
>
> Funny how, what was once common (B&W prints with a
> brownish color to them), is now almost noteworthy as a 
> novelty.
>
> What is old is new again.
>
   It is...  When B&W photography was common and snapshots 
were typically processed by some photofinisher contracted by 
the corner drugstore, the most common prints were glossy 
finish contact prints on some blue-black paper like Velox. 
At that time warm tone and textured papers were associated 
with professional portrait photographers. Same with toning, 
it was not available to the casual snapshooter.
   Color was very expensive and was considered very exotic. 
Even in advertising color was found only in the most 
expensive ads in magazines. Color then became cheaper and 
more common, then became the standard, so now it is B&W that 
is exotic.
   When I show prints people always ask "did you make that" 
and are slightly amazed when I tell them I did them in my 
kitchen.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

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