Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/13

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Subject: [Leica] A Special Thanks to Professional Color Lab...
From: "Albert Wang" <leica_phile@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 10:07:42 -0400

Hi folks,

I just gotten my gallery prints (will be negotiating up in the Big Apple for 
places to exhibit) back from Professional Color Lab at 7th and Ranstead. 
They did a solid job on my personal and exhibition work that I would like to 
praise them. The only noticeable "error" was some light bluish tint streaks 
on the photographs of the model which I believe was due to excessive burning 
on that area of her blouse or smudges from handling? Anyways, I won't be 
asking for a redo mainly because of time constraints (few weeks) and will be 
going up in about 2 weeks to show my portfolio and see how that goes. :) 
Hopefully I can have some room to display those at the LHSA meeting this 
year too.

BTW, Duraflex paper is very nice and very strong paper relative to Fuji 
Crystal Archive. I will be talking with some friends and so far I'm thinking 
based on my friends' comments that 750 USD for each color print framed in 
alumninum and signed verso only (I don't like matted prints and signed on 
the front) is a reasonable offering on the first run. (The only exception is 
the "defective" model shot which is going for 600 USD reasonably.)

It's exciting to see how well the Leica lenses hold down in greater 
enlargements. For example, one of my shots with the 1930's Summar is nice 
and sharp to the tee when stopped down. Apparently if HCB isn't afraid to 
blow up his 1950's collaspible Summicron pix to 16 to 20 inches, then most 
of the Leitz optics can hold their own perfectly well.

Again, many thanks to the folks at PCL. Now it's the beginning of a new 
adventure to find some NYC galleries which are willing to display :) BTW, 
don't forget to check out the George Tice exhibit at ICP. Lovely and 
smashing documentary of buildings lost forever (esp. Atlantic City before 
the casinos took over in '76).

Albert "Alfie" Wang
Freelance Street/Documentary Photographer
1122 Brill St.
Philadelphia PA 19124
leica_phile@hotmail.com

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