Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] The Joy of the Darkroom and Thanks!
From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:57:16 -0500

B. D. Colen jotted down the following:

> Well, okay, I know I'm missing the brown finger nails, and the ruined lungs,
> and the strained eyes, and the white crystals all over everything, and the
> damp, and the muck...but what else am I missing? ;-)
> 
The whole point -- willfully, I suspect ;)

I want a wet darkroom because I want to learn the craft of printing.  I'm
not interested in doing it on a computer because I sit infront of one 10-15
hours per day as it is.  At some point, I'd like to learn about alternative
processes and do platinum-palladium printing from 5x7" negs, or bromoil
prints from 6x9cm Agfa Clack negs.  I don't care if it's quicker and easier
to make prints on a computer.  I don't care that my prints won't last 5000
years.  Photography is ephemeral.  Deal with it.  I don't care that making
100 prints is much harder than making one.  I want a wet darkroom BECAUSE
it's that much harder to make 100 prints than 1 print.  That way, when I
give a matted, framed 11x14 print to someone for their birthday, it'll mean
something more than if I popped the Zip disk into the drive and hit "print".
There is satisfaction to be gained in doing well at something that requires
effort.

M.

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Martin Howard                     |
Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU       |    Science: To question reality.
email: howard.390@osu.edu         |
www: http://mvhoward.i.am/        +---------------------------------------

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