Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> And maybe they are know-nothing knee jerk idiots who don't know > diddly > . . . but I sorta doubt that. I imagine there is real science > involved although I might be unpleasantly surprised. Ever hung an exhibit in a gallery with a western exposure? We hung a show in a "sky gallery" here once, on the 25th floor of a bank, and made the mistake of hanging color prints on some of the west-facing walls where they caught the evening sun. When we took the exhibit down three weeks later, all of those prints were beyond saving. The B&W's were a bit tinged, but basically OK. Couple years ago there was a History of Photography exhibit at the Amon Carter in Fort Worth. One of the exhibits was a calotype from around 1845; it was in a sealed frame with very heavy curtains in front of it. To look, you opened the curtains and stuck your head inside; you only got a few seconds to look before the docent standing inches away tapped you ever so politely on the shoulder and then closed the curtains. The print had faded so far that it was about half imagined, and it was far from stable. -- R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com Photojournalist rcmckee at rcmckee.com P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request