Re: GESO - tour of the library
On Aug 27, 2013, at 11:36 PM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Took the afternoon off for a rather special treat. The State Library is putting the pics from the Street show into their collection, so we photographers were asked to sign some papers. Of course, we could have done this by email, but where is the fun in that? The bonus was the curator of photography taking us on a viewing of some tasty gems in the archives. I thought we would be there about an hour. We were there for almost three. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/08/library/index.html Looks like you could spend a lot more than three hours exploring those archives. I get the impression the curator is passionate about his job, too. I'm about to start a process of scanning a box of old slides from a 1926 visit to Australia of the Empire Parliamentary Delegation, whatever that was. I'm not 100% sure how we came into possession of these, only that they've come through my wife's family. I would assume it came via John Barr who was one of her ancestors: he was a member of the NZ Legislative Council at the time so it's possible he met with the delegation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barr_(New_Zealand_politician) There's a commemorative book of prints as well but I don't know if they're just prints of the slides. I hope they are as they're labelled much better. The slides are sandwiched between glass which was taped together. There's a bit of card in with the film which forms a frame: I think the film is about 70mm square and the frame crops this to about 6x7 format. The glass measures 83mm square. I wasn't sure I'd be able to scan them at all - taking them apart is out of the question as I don't want to risk damaging them; I'd rather leave that job to professional archivists. Luckily I've managed to bodge up an arrangement with one of my 6x9 film holders... I might post a few as I go along, if they're interesting enough. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - tour of the library
Dave, Look forward to the pictures. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 1:52 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 27, 2013, at 11:36 PM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Took the afternoon off for a rather special treat. The State Library is putting the pics from the Street show into their collection, so we photographers were asked to sign some papers. Of course, we could have done this by email, but where is the fun in that? The bonus was the curator of photography taking us on a viewing of some tasty gems in the archives. I thought we would be there about an hour. We were there for almost three. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/08/library/index.html Looks like you could spend a lot more than three hours exploring those archives. I get the impression the curator is passionate about his job, too. I'm about to start a process of scanning a box of old slides from a 1926 visit to Australia of the Empire Parliamentary Delegation, whatever that was. I'm not 100% sure how we came into possession of these, only that they've come through my wife's family. I would assume it came via John Barr who was one of her ancestors: he was a member of the NZ Legislative Council at the time so it's possible he met with the delegation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barr_(New_Zealand_politician) There's a commemorative book of prints as well but I don't know if they're just prints of the slides. I hope they are as they're labelled much better. The slides are sandwiched between glass which was taped together. There's a bit of card in with the film which forms a frame: I think the film is about 70mm square and the frame crops this to about 6x7 format. The glass measures 83mm square. I wasn't sure I'd be able to scan them at all - taking them apart is out of the question as I don't want to risk damaging them; I'd rather leave that job to professional archivists. Luckily I've managed to bodge up an arrangement with one of my 6x9 film holders... I might post a few as I go along, if they're interesting enough. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - tour of the library
Love the gallery, Derby! What a fun shoot! Cheers, chrsitine On Aug 27, 2013, at 6:36 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Took the afternoon off for a rather special treat. The State Library is putting the pics from the Street show into their collection, so we photographers were asked to sign some papers. Of course, we could have done this by email, but where is the fun in that? The bonus was the curator of photography taking us on a viewing of some tasty gems in the archives. I thought we would be there about an hour. We were there for almost three. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/08/library/index.html -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - tour of the library
Only you could make a library visit exciting, Derby! Great stuff. Cheers, frank Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Took the afternoon off for a rather special treat. The State Library is putting the pics from the Street show into their collection, so we photographers were asked to sign some papers. Of course, we could have done this by email, but where is the fun in that? The bonus was the curator of photography taking us on a viewing of some tasty gems in the archives. I thought we would be there about an hour. We were there for almost three. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/08/library/index.html “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO - tour of the library
Took the afternoon off for a rather special treat. The State Library is putting the pics from the Street show into their collection, so we photographers were asked to sign some papers. Of course, we could have done this by email, but where is the fun in that? The bonus was the curator of photography taking us on a viewing of some tasty gems in the archives. I thought we would be there about an hour. We were there for almost three. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/08/library/index.html -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - tour of the library
Quoting Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: Took the afternoon off for a rather special treat. The State Library is putting the pics from the Street show into their collection, so we photographers were asked to sign some papers. Of course, we could have done this by email, but where is the fun in that? The bonus was the curator of photography taking us on a viewing of some tasty gems in the archives. I thought we would be there about an hour. We were there for almost three. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/08/library/index.html Looks like a great way to spend three hours. I'd have probably tried to sneak out with those volumes of the Flora of New South Wales tucked under my trench-coat... -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - tour of the library
You can get a reader's ticket, and get access to the archives any time. I didn't take a shot of it, but on the next shelf up from those were Frank Hurley's portfolios of original WWI prints On 27/08/2013 10:07 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: Took the afternoon off for a rather special treat. The State Library is putting the pics from the Street show into their collection, so we photographers were asked to sign some papers. Of course, we could have done this by email, but where is the fun in that? The bonus was the curator of photography taking us on a viewing of some tasty gems in the archives. I thought we would be there about an hour. We were there for almost three. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/08/library/index.html Looks like a great way to spend three hours. I'd have probably tried to sneak out with those volumes of the Flora of New South Wales tucked under my trench-coat... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - tour of the library
Quoting Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: You can get a reader's ticket, and get access to the archives any time. I didn't take a shot of it, but on the next shelf up from those were Frank Hurley's portfolios of original WWI prints I'd better get a bigger trench-coat... Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On 27/08/2013 10:07 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: Took the afternoon off for a rather special treat. The State Library is putting the pics from the Street show into their collection, so we photographers were asked to sign some papers. Of course, we could have done this by email, but where is the fun in that? The bonus was the curator of photography taking us on a viewing of some tasty gems in the archives. I thought we would be there about an hour. We were there for almost three. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/08/library/index.html Looks like a great way to spend three hours. I'd have probably tried to sneak out with those volumes of the Flora of New South Wales tucked under my trench-coat... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - tour of the library
What a fabulous perq there, Derby. Congratulations! On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Took the afternoon off for a rather special treat. The State Library is putting the pics from the Street show into their collection, so we photographers were asked to sign some papers. Of course, we could have done this by email, but where is the fun in that? The bonus was the curator of photography taking us on a viewing of some tasty gems in the archives. I thought we would be there about an hour. We were there for almost three. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/08/library/index.html -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
