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Subject: [Leica] Piezography Permanence
From: nickbroberts at yahoo.co.uk (Nick Roberts)
Date: Tue Jan 24 12:44:22 2006

Tina, that's fascinating. Thanks very much.

Nick


--- Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> wrote:

> LUG:
> 
> For those who are concerned about the permanence of
> digital prints
> 
> A photographer sent this message to Jon Cone 
> about some Piezography prints that survived Katrina:
> 
> >Illustrated you will see a scan of the Piezotone 
> >print that survived 20 feet of salt water and 
> >three months in the blazing southern sun. This 
> >print was framed and you can see the mark that 
> >the mat made but the print area is pristine and 
> >exactly matches the image before the storm. In 
> >the other image you will see the site of the 
> >house where the image was found- the house that 
> >the print was in was completely demolished, this 
> >house was next door. These prints, two of about 
> >fifteen were found showed no evidence of fading!
> >
> >These prints are tough- no silver print would 
> >have survived in tact this trial, we are still 
> >looking for images and yet to find any more but 
> >they may be buried beneath the rubble in the 
> >house which is about 150 yards northeast of the 
> >original site. Your prints survive! The print 
> >was printed on Hanem?hle Photo Rag the Piezotone 
> >ink was Warm Neutral with Museum Black.
> 
> The message was accompanied by the photos but I 
> couldn't include them in a message to the 
> LUG.  Here is the photographer's web site:
> http://www.tinafreeman.com/NewB&W/index.html
> 
> Another Tina ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> http://www.tinamanley.com 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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