Re: [pinhole-discussion] What is a silver print really?
Hi all, I just looked in one of my favorite Photography books : Looking at photographs - a guide to technical terms by Gordon Baldwin. published by the J. Paul Getty Museum in association with British Museum Press. Copyright (c) 1991 ISBN 0-89236-192-1 Here is what Gordon Baldwin writes (a short entry since author does not appreciate the term !) :;-) SILVER PRINT : This a shorthand term for what should be called a GELATIN SILVER print, meaning a paper coated with a gelatin emulsion containing SILVER SALTS. The term should be avoided because most black and white photographic prints contain silver, and the term is therefore too inclusive to be useful . By the way, Gelatin silver print and Silver salts have much longer definitions in Baldwin's book, but if I begin to type in my post all the excellent explanations, I'm sure we shall end with the 87 pages of Looking at photographs in the same message ! Hope it helps, Cheers from France Jean Jean Daubas, auteur-photographe 16 rue de Bourg-Sec 25440 LIESLE France j.daubas.ph...@free.fr
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Alternative processes
A ready made factory product is an alternative process? What are you referring to specifically, Steve, jello? Thomas Kinkade? And you are right. Silver nitrate technically is no alternative. In the strictly historical sense of the word, it is a PRE factory process. Mike - Original Message - From: Steve Shapiro sgsh...@redshift.com To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 10:11 PM Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] What is a silver print really? The process materials are referred to as 'silver gelatin' and that's because the silver halides are in a suspension of gelatin, layed down on the paper. Alternative to that, a ready made factory product is an alternative process. Or alternative [to silver gelatin] post factory process. Steve Shapiro ___ Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML Pinhole-Discussion mailing list Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??? unsubscribe or change your account at http://www.???/discussion/
Re: [pinhole-discussion] What is a silver print really?
- Original Message - From: John Yeo jonn...@thegrid.net To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] What is a silver print really? The albumen and kallitype processes use silver nitrate, but aren't referred to as silver prints. John The process materials are referred to as 'silver gelatin' and that's because the silver halides are in a suspension of gelatin, layed down on the paper. Alternative to that, a ready made factory product is an alternative process. Or alternative [to silver gelatin] post factory process. Steve Shapiro
