Postcard Exchange Round 66 Comments and Feedback

[hwv]

Last week, I received two postcards.
@Simon I sent me a wonderful lith print: a cemetery overgrown with grasses. The photo beautifully captures the transience of all existence. The brown tones and the contrast of the lith print further emphasize this sense of impermanence.
@AnselMortensen "At Ease" A very well-developed large-format photograph of people who appear relaxed and cheerful as they create a large-format photo of a soldier. Since I am a native German speaker and didn’t know the term “at ease,” I had it translated. ChatGPT suggested „entspannt“, „ruhig“, „wohlfühlen“ or „unbefangen“, „gelassen“ as possible translations — all descriptions that I also see reflected in the image.
As an additional translation in a military context, there’s also „Rührt euch!“, the opposite of "Stillgestanden!" — which makes this a perfect title for this photo.

 

[Ajven]

Today I received:
"White Bay Power Station" by @gbroadbridge - the beauty of old machines - no displays, no keyboards. Gauges, switches, aligned in mystic order. I like old machines. Thank you for this postcard!
"At Ease" by @AnselMortensen - contact prints look always incredible, full of details. Quite curious how old is the negative. And I agree with hwv - perfect title for the postcard. By the way this is the first time I received a postcards from USA without rounded post stamp "USA Forever" - so extra kudos for the stamps with different motive! Thank you.

This round I'm a little behind my schedule. Still no picture selected for postcard....

 

[Don_ih]

I received At Ease by @AnselMortensen, also. I discovered that the ink the post office smears on the print rubs off pretty easily. I like the photo - I like found negatives (I have a pile of them). I am a bit curious about the marking on the back of the postcard - namely, the line that bisects the card. If you'd care to elaborate?

It's very odd for me to start receiving cards before I even send mine. I don't think it's ever happened. Between the postal strike and being kinda busy, I haven't been taking many photos - and I tend to only ever want to use new photos for postcards. Perhaps next week....

 

[AnselMortensen]

Hi, @Don_ih,
Some prints were attached to pre-made postcard 'backing stickers', for others I just used Avery mailing label material after I ran out of the pre-printed type. .
I suspect yours has the pre-printed version.
Cheers!

 

[Don_ih]

pre-made postcard 'backing stickers'

Interesting - I've never heard of such a thing. I can't even tell it's a sticker.

 

[rduraoc]

Today I got three (3!) postcards in my mailbox:
@AnselMortensen 's "At ease" contact print, @Jim Christie 's digitally printed "Too many Wheelbarrows" (paper texture is wonderful), and @vbenares 's "Clouds & Mountains" sent using Touchnote. 3 very different approaches, which help make the PCX a great experience.