Awake, another one

Posted on Posted in A Symbol Life, minimum daily requirement, overnight notes

common ground is comforting ground. We do old things with less attention; a picture makes them stand out. Making pictures is something like making breakfast — stop starving. Feast, even in small bits

Scraps of tape from the holding box from the darkroom. In hand and finished. That paper is gone. Prints were made and sit in boxes. Another isn’t the same as the same as. Every bite is a bit different with every different day.

On my worktable: books atop books, alongside prints, alongside notebooks. I love to compose in compressed space and meanings.

Notes: Curator Links

Posted on Posted in A Symbol Life, art biz, art school, art stuff, artgame

saving me time; set of already found links. I intend to return to this page and correct, amend as interest permits. [ created: Jan 4, 2022

https://www.artcurators.org/page/Prof_Resources

https://curatorsintl.org/

https://guides.library.cmu.edu/vr/image_collections_list

https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/collection-areas/photographs

Contrast Masking: Real Question

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“I want to make contrast masks from 6×7 [120 film] color. What film and developer should I use. I can’t afford 4×5 Tmax100”

First: don’t use 4×5 size film. Use 120 film, cut into 3 inch length.

Next: it must be panchromatic film to collect (mask) all the colors on your original without being a separated mask.

Do this:

Use Ilford PanF film. Ilford PQ Universal developer. Arrange the stack as illustrated. Set the enlarger as if you were making an 11×14 print using your suggested lens. Follow the start points indicted in the drawing.

The black paper underneath is more important than you may think. It controls reflected light and flare back toward the cover glass and lens.

PQ developer 1:20 for 3minutes continuous agitation 68degrees F.