pericles

As a Teacher of History of Photography I think it is best to start from contemporary

photographers and then go back to establish a connection with older photographers.

We cannot dismiss the visual education the younger generations have had since they were

very young and therefore (because it has been my experience) you have to hook them with

images from their own time and then go back to the main sources. For example, they can

see images from Flor Garduno and then go back to the roots (Graciela Iturbide, Alvarez

Bravo, both Manuel and Lola, and in the case of mexican photography they have to study

Weston and Tina Modotti.

They need to see first how great contemporary photographers see the world they are

observing and they will relate to this very easy because the students are aware that those

images were taken in their time. And then go back and teach them about the Great

Masters like HCB, Adams, Frank,etc.

Pericles

Hi everybody, thanks for the comments! Since I am not very familiar with all the treads, any

idea to whom do I have to send my print? Or has to be decided yet

thanks in advance

pericles

Hi Eric and all, I would like to join the swap.

Thanks

Pericles

You have to remember that when you scan in color, the image will be build in pixels at the

rate of one third each chanel (RGB) So, if the final image is 9 MB then each chanel will take 3

MB. When you convert from RGB to gray scale or b&w, you eliminate 2 of the 3 chanels

(usually leaves the red one) and you finish with an image with 3MB. The best solution is to

only desaturate the image, the result will be a file that has the 9 MB and still will be an RGB

file, with lots of info on it.

In silver-based negatives, the original image is also a color one.

I teach a class of History of Photography and one excersice I give my students in

regard of the truth in an image, is to show them a set of pictures with captions

choosen by me (they do not know this) and after they discuss each image and come

to a conclusion, I show them the same set of images with another caption and

suddenly all the arguments they built around the previous set, falls down. It is a way

to show them that the phrase "a single picture tells more than a 1000 words" does

not apply anymore. A picture with a caption is more powerfull than the true, and

sometimes lethal, and examples abound: the Stanlin era, the Hitler era, and now days

all of those who have an agenda based in the naïvite of the common people, as

always.I do not think you have to lead people with captions, the image can stand on

its own, giving a chance to the reader to arrive to a conclusion about what they see.

Pericles Lavat

Hi: I just bought a Leica Full frame neg carrier (it has antinewton glass) and want to know how to clean one of those and what to do to keep off the dust, without damagin the coating

Thanks a lot in advance