Process Master Show in Toronto

Here is a little clip from the TV. My business partner is doing the talking, let it run a bit and see some past and present Dpugers work.

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bob carnie said:

Here is a little clip from the TV. My business partner is doing the talking, let it run a bit and see some past and present Dpugers work.

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What a great exhibition, would have loved to have seen it.

Hi Dave

It is still up and it may move locally , not sure yet.
Ron Reeder, Sam Wang, Sandy King , Bill Schwab, Guillume Zuili and Nigel Dickson all in the same room.

After this Symposium and the many shows that I saw in Contact , I feel that photography has lost a lot of ground over the last 20 years.
Here is a body of work that is going to be around for future generations to see, but during the festival of Contact , over 200 shows you would have thought that these types of prints would have been treasured and the hit of the Festival.
I put in my effort to see as many shows that I could but I have to admit, after about 5 lousily printed inkjet or RA4 exhibits mounted on foam core, I decided to stay home.
Its like we have moved into a direction of short life consumable projects that have a weak idea , that sometimes work and most times dosen't and talking to the photographers that are producing this shite, they seem to be always looking for the next great idea, rather than working on a solid body of work over years that communicates with the viewer and tells a story, backed up by solid craftsmanship .
What was good for me and the Toronto Farm Project members was the in your face access to the workers I mention at the top , as assistants, drivers , students, there was a lot of time to get one on one discussions about the Alternative Processes and as a Team we made a great leap forward with our efforts by hosting the event.
The week was long and lots of effort was put into making sure all the events were as well attended, and good for students. I was lucky to go north with Sandy and Sam and spend some downtime talking and actually Sam made me climb up on some rocks to wet them with water so they glistened.
After seeing all this work Dave I have to admit I think I am on the course of Palladium with a second or third hit of either gum or funny enough carbon.
few things to work out but with time I feel we will be up an running for my clients with alt work.
Bob

Davec said:

What a great exhibition, would have loved to have seen it.

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WOW...
What a great line-up of artists. I too would have really enjoyed the show.

bob carnie said:

Its like we have moved into a direction of short life consumable projects that have a weak idea

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I think you really hit the nail on the head here Bob. When you think conceptually about digital ( I'm not bashing digital, it is my primary capture ) it is nothing but a temporary state. Perhaps it should not be surprising that the art is effected by the means of capturing the image.

About 20 years ago, most professional commercial photographers were the stars and would do what we called flavour of the month type of show, the rooms would fill with peers, everyone would congradulate the phototgrapher, nobody looked at the work other than very briefly, all wanted to be seen,nothing would sell.
Now 20 years later , most professional commercial photographers are fighting tooth and nail to survive and couldn't give a crap about art.
The Art photographers are now the rage, the rooms are filled with their peers, the photographer gets kudos, nobody looks at the work other than briefly , all want to be seen in the crowd, nothing sells.

Then there are the real photographers that I am sure we all know, patiently working on long term projects, completely out of the SCENE and happy to be so.
I wonder how this group can be rewarded for their efforts, basically I think its a long process and if you do everything right like Ed Burtynsky , one gets the reward they justly deserve,,, my only knock on his work is the fact its RA4 prints will not last and ultimately will have a issue with long term permanance, hopefully with efforts here on DPUG by some workers a permanent colour solution can be offered to true photographers working in colour. I think the bar has been set very high with the monochrome workers here.

I have been now self employed for 20 years , printing for others, to date I have placed work in numerous locations and worked with some pretty nice photographers.
I still hear the words of my first Mentor, find 15 talented photographers, concentrate on them and do all their printing, you will never starve.
Funny that was in 1976, now in 2011 I am working on 20 photographers, making their prints in Silver and now Alt Process , his words ring true today as back then, what has not changed one iota is the market, it just repeats itself.

R Shaffer said:

WOW...
What a great line-up of artists. I too would have really enjoyed the show.




I think you really hit the nail on the head here Bob. When you think conceptually about digital ( I'm not bashing digital, it is my primary capture ) it is nothing but a temporary state. Perhaps it should not be surprising that the art is effected by the means of capturing the image.

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The show looks beautiful, Bob...congratulations. Thanks for the video!

bob carnie said:

Here is a little clip from the TV. My business partner is doing the talking, let it run a bit and see some past and present Dpugers work.

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I'm pleased to say I own a copy of one of those prints included in the show.

And I also want to acknowledge what support Bob has given the Alt Process community. It's a wonderful looking show. It shames me to admit it but the photo gliterati here in Atlanta during Atlanta Celebrates Photography just turns their collective backs on the communiy of hand made prints.

Kudos to the artists and organizers of the Process Masters in Toronto.

Don Bryant