[pure-silver] Re: what would you attribute the difference to?
- From: Bogdan Karasek <bkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:52:08 -0400
Hello,
I've had similar responses. Several years ago, I had an exhibit in a
gallery space that was next to an etching studio. The day I was doing
the hanging, several of the people from the studio were walking by and
one of them remarked on the quality of the etchings I was hanging up.
Everybody stopped, came in for a closer look. What I exhibit is very
abstract, rocks, faces and other images seen in the rock cliffs, etc. I
was surprised at the remark, since this was the second time I had been
told this, I asked the person why she thought it was an etching. There
was a quality that you only found in etchings, the way, the greys mixed.
On closer examination they realized that they were photos.
I asked a friend about this. She's a painter and writes exhibition
reviews for the art magazine, "La Vie Des Arts". She told me that she
has often seen certain B+W photos that gave the impression of being
charcoal, pencil drawings or etchings.
I find this interesting as I have also started working in charcoal and
with Conté pencils. Actually, I want to photograph some of the drawings
on 8x10 negs and contact print them on AZO paper. Might be something
interesting there.
Anyway, Janet, thanks for bring up an interesting point.
Cheers,
Bogdan
Janet Cull wrote:
We're not supposed to attach images on here, as I understand it. And
there are 35 prints on the wall. Sorry I don't have a scan to attach,
but I also don't think it's anything different than what we all do in
the darkroom. She simply sees a difference her converted to b&w
digitals and a hand-made print. Maybe the answer is that simple?
Maybe it's just the difference between digital and hand-made-in-the
darkroom prints, though a better-than-I photographer who has gone
digital swears he can do anything he did before better now. I don't
want to turn this into a film vs. digi discussion, so I'll back out now
if I should, and leave my answer to her simply that it's a custom print
done in the darkroom. I just wanted to explain the difference. Or at
least understand it.
Oh, and "sent her gushing"? I didn't mean to imply that, if I did.
Thanks.
On Aug 24, 2009, at 2:45 PM, winddancing wrote:
To me it is odd that a "pencil drawing" attribution is accorded to a
"wet" print unless a great deal of work went into creating it that
way. It is common to "edit" images in the digital world via "effect
filters" or what is called Plug-ins. Of course you could use fewer
words and show us the example that sent her gushing. A much larger
print than 4" X 6" on a rough or textured paper viewed too close may
fall apart to appear graphic like news papers of old yet still look
good from a distance.
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