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- From: v462etnn@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (David L Anderson)
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- Subject: Re: 30"x40" enlargements..
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- Date: 22 Dec 92 19:01:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.012607.3845@crd.ge.com>, kassover@rumsey.crd.ge.com (David Kassover) writes...
- >>>Hi, this size of enlargement from a 8'x10' negative..? No
- >>
- >No, you don't understand, your trailer *is* the camera. With
- >some suitable cleverness, and perhaps some influence with the
- >DOT, you can have a full range of swings and tilts and such.
- >Interchangeable backs and bag bellows might be a problem. Then
- >again, if you look through the Yellow Pages, you might find a
- >tentmaker or two...
- >Somewhat seriously, I heard of some museum or other converting a
- >room in a gallery into a true camera obscura, using a pinhole in
- >the wall and 8x10 foot Polaroid material...
- >
- >I believe this was mostly an academic exercise. Certainly, if
- >one is into Funtian photography, this setup is somewhat
- >unflexible...
- >
-
- This technique was done at a local small art gallery here in Buffalo a couple
- of years ago. I don't recall the specific technique, but the photographer
- was Swiss, I believe. He had lots of people line up on one sid of the room
- and had the paper on the other side. The end final result was a positive
- black and white that was apparently developed using chemicals that
- were washed on with sponges. I've not been able to get any details
- (such as how they got the positive image -- maybe it was something
- similar to those slide kits for t-max). It appears to be ordinary
- printing paper (well, it was rather large paper, though). My mother
- has two torn off sections showing her and my father (life size, I
- might add - so this was approx. 1:1).
-
- >David Kassover "Proper technique helps protect you against
- >uupsi!khazad!kassover sharp weapons and dull judges."
- >kassover@aule-tek.com F. Collins
- >kassover@ra.crd.ge.com
-
- David Anderson
-