tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post2354966764930696676..comments2024-03-27T09:27:33.931+00:00Comments on Idiotic Hat: On Lambeth BridgeMike C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-7932189822577437512015-03-03T16:58:58.343+00:002015-03-03T16:58:58.343+00:00Chris,
I think the thing that struck me most was ...Chris,<br /><br />I think the thing that struck me most was how much better many if not most of these early images looked in reproduction -- salt prints are not tonally very exciting, and many look like photocopies... True blacks were clearly hard to achieve.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-60744492762627480062015-03-03T16:06:27.443+00:002015-03-03T16:06:27.443+00:00I might get along to this show now I know it conta...I might get along to this show now I know it contains some Fenton or maybe even some Emerson.<br />I have a love hate relationship with Victorian photography, as you suggest the early workers were still enamoured by the wonder of the process. <br />While on the trail of London exhibitions one of the best for me was the extensive Edwin Smith show at RIBA a couple of months ago, superbly curated very beautiful work. Whoever organised the chaotic depressing spectacle that is the Human Rights exhibition at the Photographers Gallery at the moment could have learnt a lot from the Smith show.<br />ChrisChrisbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04156928480758075597noreply@blogger.com