[pure-silver] Re: Roughing It
- From: Bob Randall <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:10:32 -0500
On 8/10/07 12:03 PM, "Bob Rosen" <afterswift@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Talking about darkroom work, PBS recently ran an interesting segment on a
> Civil War prisoner in a federal camp who secretly built a studio in the
> attic of a barracks building. He then built a camera out of packing crates,
> adapted a lens from something he had with him, and made portraits of his
> fellow Confederates. He stole chemicals from the hospital nearby, and made
> his own wet plates.
>
> By comparison, working in my darkroom is a luxury.
>
> This might be idle speculation: But as the public gravitates to digital
> instant gratification, we could find society recreating the professionalism
> of the Civil War era when photography was the province of an elite group,
> like doctors, who were respected and did work that equalled that of the
> portrait painter for the middle classes. In contrast to the popular do it
> yourself digital ephermeral CD technology, the classic silver professional
> will respond to the public need for permanence and very high quality in both
> portraiture and other fields
>
> Bob
>
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While I find the story about the Civil War photographer very interesting, I
find the condescending nature of the rest of your post offensive.
Bob Randall
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