Re: [pinhole-discussion] Fixer on the negative (Was Re: Sally Mann)
Nancy Spencer is using a similar fixer on negative or print in her series from Greece seen in the Pinhole Journal...Renee
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Fixer on the negative (Was Re: Sally Mann)
The article was in the Sept./Oct. 1999 isue of View Camera Magazine. Title: Sally Mann -I Was Aware Of the Ghosts
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Fixer on the negative (Was Re: Sally Mann)
Hi leezy, Perhaps I should experiment with paper and see what happens. I guess that what I would do is to place the exposed sheet of paper in-and-out of the fix bath, then rince it for 10-to-20 minutes, then put it in the developper bath. Whatever amount of silver halyde which has not been fixed during the brief plunge in the fix would then be developped, while the rest would stay clear. Interesting idea. I'll report when I have had a chance to try it, perhaps this weekend. Cheers, Guy b2myo...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 10/27/01 2:16:33 AM, guy.glori...@sympatico.ca writes: Hmmm... That sounds very interesting. Do you have more information on what she does exactly? Is anybody on the list familiar with doing this? I'd like to try that. Seems that it would fit with my current work. Cheers, Guy I'm interested in this too. Any information that can be provided will be greatly appreciated... or the source for the information. Thank you. leezy
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Fixer on the negative (Was Re: Sally Mann)
Leezy: and others I heard about the fixer technique and the teas so both have some validity... The fixer might have been used but not as heavily Wendy Wendy Garfinkel Garfinkel Design 185 Shadow Moss Drive Athens, GA 30605-3467 === phone: (706) 369-6831 fax: (706) 369-1761
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Fixer on the negative (Was Re: Sally Mann)
Yes I too remember the tea as well...I know about this as I was fascinated by the Motherland Series and inquired to a teacher about this and she knew alot about these images... Wendy
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Fixer on the negative (Was Re: Sally Mann)
Hi Guy: Yes. I heard about this (fixing tequnique) through a photo teacher of mine. Best I can say is to experiment. You may want to try diluting it. I think at times one can put too much of the fixer on and then it looks like fixer is there (when you know) I have a letter, in my files here - I have to look for it from Nancy Renner who also used this technique on her negs. This is even featured in her photos in one of the magazines that she and Eric put outPinhole Journal called Millennia - images from Greece and Turkey. Wendy Garfinkel Wendy Garfinkel Garfinkel Design 185 Shadow Moss Drive Athens, GA 30605-3467 === phone: (706) 369-6831 fax: (706) 369-1761
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Fixer on the negative (Was Re: Sally Mann)
In a message dated 10/27/01 2:16:33 AM, guy.glori...@sympatico.ca writes: Hmmm... That sounds very interesting. Do you have more information on what she does exactly? Is anybody on the list familiar with doing this? I'd like to try that. Seems that it would fit with my current work. Cheers, Guy I'm interested in this too. Any information that can be provided will be greatly appreciated... or the source for the information. Thank you. leezy
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Fixer on the negative (Was Re: Sally Mann)
someone correct me if I am wrong here, but I cant recall which magazine it was, either View Camera, or Camera Arts , but there was an article done on Sally Mann's works , and I paraphrase here, but she used a 8X10 camera set up on cinder (concrete )blocks to hold the camera steady, used old soft portrait lenses that many of the old studios were discarding( Verito Professionals maybe (?) ) and if memory serves me , she toned her prints in a dilute mixture of brewed teas/coffees, to give the prints a sepia effect, anyone else recall this anecdote ?
