Philosophy
"McCalls 1929"
Janus
1972
"Coupling"
Gum-Bichromate
11" x 14"
#300 Cold Press Watercolor Paper
1976
- Has Digital Photography Removed The Art?
A local paper is doing a piece on Einstein's Jewish Science and they sent a photographer to my office yesterday. Nice guy, I'm sure he's good at what he does. Put me in a few places in different settings and poses and laid on the shutter taking...
- Can't Do It In The Dark Anymore...traditional Photography
Implosions of buildings 65 and 69, Kodak Park, Rochester, New York October 6th, 2007 It is sad, but it is progress. I really feel that photographers lose the sense of the craft and artistic experience by not participating in the traditional methods of...
- The Gum-bichromate And Neblette's Book
Robert Demachy prints Mine Two items for the aficionado of photography: An old photographic, non-silver, printing process text and a classic photography book. Except for the wealthy and knowledgeable, the old photographic processes [bromoil, carbon,...
- William De Wiveleslie Abney...technical Photographer
William de Wiveleslie Abney July 24th, 1843 to December 3rd, 1920 Wikipedia... Abney was born in Derby, England, the son of Edward Abney (1811-1892) vicar of St Alkmund's Derby. He attended Rossall School, the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and...
- First Astronomy Photograph--daguerreotype Of The Moon
Earliest known photograph of the Moon...a daguerreotype taken in 1851. John Adams Whipple [Louis Daguerre took the first photograph of the Moon in 1839 but none survive for on March 8, 1839 Daguerre's laboratory burned to the ground, destroying the...
Philosophy
Mouse click=art?
"McCalls 1929" Janus
1972
"Coupling"Gum-Bichromate
11" x 14"
#300 Cold Press Watercolor Paper
1976
I am afraid that the mechanics and aesthetics of the realm of photography is swiftly passing into non-existence--replaced by computer graphics. The graphics generated by computers is fine and has a place in many venues of photographic display, but the excitement and ambience of taking a photograph [and I am basically talking about "black and white" photography] and working towards the finished product via darkroom is almost dead. Sitting dilettantes never get outdoors in inclement weather and ponder a scene and execute the actual taking of the scene--ever catch just the right fusion of reds, purples, yellows of the sun sitting on a below freezing late December evening; trek through a thick forest and discover a huge, old Black Walnut tree with a massive beryl growth on its side; battle pesky insects to find the Zinnia with a Honey Bee harvesting nectar? And that's just the beginning. Now comes the film processing and print production. Words and warnings bubble up: Caustic, corrosive, poisonous. Pungent orders assault the nose. I live in a city of 1.8 million and it used to be that there were nearly 35 photographic retail outlets catering to all phases of photography and supplying new and preowned equipment. There is one now. Eastman Kodak has scaled its photographic equipment and light sensitive materials way back. Yes, there are imports from Japan, England, and few from Germany, but specialized products are scarce and if it wasn't for the Internet the well would be dry. And the cost? Sky high! As an adjunct to my regular black and white work, I specialized in obsolete photographic process: Gum-bichromates, cyanotypes, argentotypes, bromoils, etc. A ton of chemistry and physics were used in the production of many of these processes. Securing chemistry for them now is rigidly controlled and the expense of shipping is ridiculous.
The question here is...does the experience for computer graphic creators match the older experiences of traditional photography--experiencing the sciences. Does one exercise the knowledge of chemistry, physics, hands on techniques or is the aesthetic experience to be found in "mouse clicking".
The question here is...does the experience for computer graphic creators match the older experiences of traditional photography--experiencing the sciences. Does one exercise the knowledge of chemistry, physics, hands on techniques or is the aesthetic experience to be found in "mouse clicking".
- Has Digital Photography Removed The Art?
A local paper is doing a piece on Einstein's Jewish Science and they sent a photographer to my office yesterday. Nice guy, I'm sure he's good at what he does. Put me in a few places in different settings and poses and laid on the shutter taking...
- Can't Do It In The Dark Anymore...traditional Photography
Implosions of buildings 65 and 69, Kodak Park, Rochester, New York October 6th, 2007 It is sad, but it is progress. I really feel that photographers lose the sense of the craft and artistic experience by not participating in the traditional methods of...
- The Gum-bichromate And Neblette's Book
Robert Demachy prints Mine Two items for the aficionado of photography: An old photographic, non-silver, printing process text and a classic photography book. Except for the wealthy and knowledgeable, the old photographic processes [bromoil, carbon,...
- William De Wiveleslie Abney...technical Photographer
William de Wiveleslie Abney July 24th, 1843 to December 3rd, 1920 Wikipedia... Abney was born in Derby, England, the son of Edward Abney (1811-1892) vicar of St Alkmund's Derby. He attended Rossall School, the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and...
- First Astronomy Photograph--daguerreotype Of The Moon
Earliest known photograph of the Moon...a daguerreotype taken in 1851. John Adams Whipple [Louis Daguerre took the first photograph of the Moon in 1839 but none survive for on March 8, 1839 Daguerre's laboratory burned to the ground, destroying the...