g: Dye Transfer, webionaire

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googling has become retroid — I aksed gemini(goog) to characterize “dye transfer webionaire” Err responded with:

[The term "dye transfer" on the photography blog Webionaire refers to critical commentary, historical notes, and technical lamentations regarding the legendary, obsolete Kodak Dye Transfer color printing process. [1, 2]  
The content on the site regarding this topic highlights: 

• The Death of the Medium: Discussions on how the specialized materials, matrix films, and papers required for the process are practically extinct. 
• Online Communities: Critiques of online forum behavior and self-appointed experts discussing a craft most have never actively practiced. 
• Technical Realities: Detailed breakdowns of specialized tools like the matrix punch and registration boards used in traditional labs. [5]

Err provided links to posts.. the only impressive part was the speed of response. Helps being able to speed read, and to have read ahead.

Not certain ’bout those lamentations —

Closest camera in the shower

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eyes open or eyes shut .. Time looking or time remembering .. seeing something for the Nth time 

Henry Holmes Smith (HHS) Patterns on the shower door ~ Not a camera at hand; the wife is at Kroegers, so shouting isn’t going to help ..

Could I make it out get a camera and return with drip pattern still available –how long can drips stay …

turns out — not long enough. I missed it .

would it be as exciting if I were to simulate it… that’s what HHS did, better than any attempt of mine. I even have the advantage of having seen his work while I was early in my working life .. that’s probably why they stayed with me. frequently I’ve wished I had taken the opportunity, when it was offered me, to attend school has his student . but, as it happens , when you’re young , working in a craft driven mode, expanding beyond the skill of doing is the most difficult part of transition — the transfer into authorship.

SF Camerawork closing

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Camerawork will close its doors at the end of August 2026

PASSING ALONG

Last Operating Week
Our last week of operation is this Wednesday through Sunday. We will be open from 11 AM to 6 PM.

August Members' Critique
The August 16 Members' Critique will be our last. If you've already signed up, we look forward to seeing you from 4–6 PM.

https://sfcamerawork.org/sf-camerawork-homepage

>> SF Camerawork began as Lamkin Camerawork Gallery in Fairfax. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, its founder John Lamkin brought the gallery to San Francisco and sold it to his gallery volunteers for $1. It became a nonprofit in 1977. Photographers like Lew Thomas, Donna-Lee Phillips and Hal Fischer are associated with the gallery’s early days — artists who were expanding understandings of photography as a conceptual tool in the ’70s and ’80s.

Early Organizers

  • Hal Fischer: Conceptual photographer and writer known for works like Gay Semiotics.
  • Donna-Lee Phillips: Conceptual photographer and early champion of alternative photographic processes.
  • Lew Thomas: Artist, publisher, and central figure in West Coast conceptual photography.
  • John Lamkin: Photographer who initially helped establish the venue under the early name Lamkin Camerawork Gallery.
  • Craig Morey: Photographer and early organizing member.
  • Ted Hedgpeth: Artist and early participant in the collective