[pure-silver] Re: old papers and new papers
- From: "bobkiss @caribsurf.com" <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 08:17:26 -0400
I think the important phrase here is, "...certain qualities of
richness in gray tonal values..." This is not referring to Dmax. It may
be referring to silvery, subtle, separated, midtones. The problem is that
it may be very difficult to quantify and measure these qualities. I feel
the same about the silver rich papers on which I printed during the 70s and
early 80s yet agree that it may not be measurable and therefore not
provable. Is it the rose color of memory or was it true? "Tis a
mystery!"
CHEERS!
BOB
On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 7:19 PM, Janet Gable Cull <janetgcull@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I'm reading an article Les Myers sent me (from Online Photographer) about
> Voja Mitrovic. Here is an interesting statement by Peter Turnley: " It
> was also a time when the highest quantity of silver was in printing papers.
> Voja has indicated that there are certain qualities of richness in gray
> tonal values that he could never achieve with today’s papers, that he was
> able to obtain in the late 'seventies and early 'eighties.
>
> Do any of you know which of today's papers are higher in silver content?
> or most like the older papers he may have been referring to? He didn't
> say specifically which papers he liked using, but did refer to the change
> (down) at the introduction of multi-grade papers.
>
> Here is a link to the article, if you're interested. I found it most
> interesting to find that many of the "greats" didn't do their own
> printing. That's not what I'd have imagined. Anyway, I have enjoyed it,
> and hope you do, too.
>
>
> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2014/11/top-classic-yoja-mitrovic-printer-to-the-greats.html
>
> Janet
>
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