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Hi all. Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Alexis (thats Alexis, not Alex and a male so there is no confusion 
) and I currently live in Atlanta, GA. Been in photography for about 33 years, started off shooting and ended that working for the largest commercial photographer in San Francisco then chose a career as a fine art B&W printer. Had a lab in San Francisco for 11 years until 10/2002 when the dot com crash and 9/11 dried up all the work and forced me to close. That and having already moved to Paris, France in 2001 and the commute was a bear. Lived there for 3 years and worked at a lab there doing mostly exhibitions for museums, the Arles and Perpignon festivals and commercial advertising work. Wife transfered here (she's the bread winner) so I'm getting back into it again and offering high-end B&W film dev. and printing up to 8x10 negs and mural printing. Workshops too. My clients are archives (film and glass plates), commercial and fine art photographers (everything from microchips to cars), corporate instalations, advertising agencies, galleries and museums. My approach has always been to achieve the best possible final print from my clients image, through communication with the client on what they want, whats possible and how I see the image being done. Basically "Creatively Exploring Black and White" <---my advertising tag line.
I like the fact that this site is dedicated to silver, and seems to be a mature bunch...unlike another popular photo site which seems to attract childish, illmannered maroons, and which has also been censoring legitimate work, something I totally disagree with.
Anyway paid my dues/fee because I believe in the site and what it can contribute to silver.
Glad to be here. Don't hesitate to ask me questions directly. It might take some time to reply but I will reply to all as time allows.
) and I currently live in Atlanta, GA. Been in photography for about 33 years, started off shooting and ended that working for the largest commercial photographer in San Francisco then chose a career as a fine art B&W printer. Had a lab in San Francisco for 11 years until 10/2002 when the dot com crash and 9/11 dried up all the work and forced me to close. That and having already moved to Paris, France in 2001 and the commute was a bear. Lived there for 3 years and worked at a lab there doing mostly exhibitions for museums, the Arles and Perpignon festivals and commercial advertising work. Wife transfered here (she's the bread winner) so I'm getting back into it again and offering high-end B&W film dev. and printing up to 8x10 negs and mural printing. Workshops too. My clients are archives (film and glass plates), commercial and fine art photographers (everything from microchips to cars), corporate instalations, advertising agencies, galleries and museums. My approach has always been to achieve the best possible final print from my clients image, through communication with the client on what they want, whats possible and how I see the image being done. Basically "Creatively Exploring Black and White" <---my advertising tag line.I like the fact that this site is dedicated to silver, and seems to be a mature bunch...unlike another popular photo site which seems to attract childish, illmannered maroons, and which has also been censoring legitimate work, something I totally disagree with.
Anyway paid my dues/fee because I believe in the site and what it can contribute to silver.
Glad to be here. Don't hesitate to ask me questions directly. It might take some time to reply but I will reply to all as time allows.
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