[pure-silver] Re: Pure Silver Gelatin Print Exchange 2009
- From: Bogdan Karasek <bkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:24:13 -0500
Hi all,
This is an auspicious start to the beging of 2009... will be a good
vintage ..... we now have 2 print exchange groups. Just the fact that
i have two deadlines ( + two other ones with a friend) twice a year in
PSPE, helps me keep my focus on one thing for a period of time. I know
that I have darkroom work to do. It's all nice and dandy being
creative but you have to go and do it.
And, very importantly, I am "exposing" yourself to fellow photographers
who can also appreciate the technical dimension of the work and any
technical critique will be based on a working knowledge of that
technique, people who know what they are talking about. Makes it
different than when your print is hanging a a gallery space. There,
the "voyeurs" are different.
And another thing that I noticed (this is my second PSPE) is that I am
also seeing what the other person, who is seeing my print, is doing.
Yesterday, I paired up the prints from this past PSPE and the previous
one. I noticed that there threads, commonalties, I don't know what to
call it yet, but there are certain pairs that draw my attention as
pairs. I want to have a longer go at this, maybe just my imagination.....
And I get to see some great photographs....
Anyway, Elias, hope you get six more members to join your group. I
think ten is a good manageable size.
All the best,
bogdan
Elias Roustom wrote:
Greetings all,
Another print exchange is being conducted and we need members. We have
4, and we'd like 10.
Anyone interested in joining, please apply to sign up at the following
Google group:
http://groups.google.com/group/psgpx
I have it set up as a Google group so I can easily control the number
of participants at a max of 10.
I hope we'll get more participants, as it is always rewarding to share
work with fellow enthusiasts, and there really isn't anything like a
deadline, and chance to learn from what others do, to get the creative
juices flowing. For tinkerers like me, having a point to my time in
the darkroom is always helpful.
Here's a description of the exchange's rules and schedule:
Any silver gelatin based image up to 8x10 can be entered. Prints are
due Vernal Equinox*, or March 20, 2009. Each participant will edition
his/her print to the number of participants - in otherwords, if there
are 8 of us in the group, each participant will make 8 prints (an
extra print or two for unforeseen circumstances is always welcome).
Each participants will mail their entire edition to me (at the address
below) and will include postage** in (or over) the amount required to
mail the package to me. I will collate and assemble packages for
distribution to the members. This will make it so the prints can be be
presented uniformly (and hopefully attractively) to the whole group,
and the group will have the opportunity to enjoy the experience all at
once - it also saves on packaging and shipping.
* http://www.timeanddate.com/news/holidays/vernal-equinox-2008.html
** International participation is not discouraged. We can work
something out.
Thanks,
Elias Roustom
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Bogdan Karasek
Montréal, Québec bogdan(at)bogdanphoto.com
Canada www.bogdanphoto.com
"I bear witness"
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