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Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Seeing double
Although I'm not sure just what the point was, we get two different presentations of what I'm pretty sure is the exact same image. This can be done in the developing process . . . or through digital manipulation.
It's been ages since I set foot in a darkroom, but IIRC the difference is likely due to the use of two different grades of B/W printing papers with differing contrast levels. Despite a preference for darker, lower-contrast images, Haak may sometimes have printed multiple versions of the same image when the work was intended to be reproduced in print.
I'm not sure why these prints were paired like this, though, since the one on the left has visible blemishes and is curled.
Thanks for posting these, Jerry! I always liked Ken Haak's work!
Because the pose would appear to be exactly the same, if you do that old trick of crossing your eyes, the image then appears to be in stereo 3-D like the old viewers of yore… LOL
I love it!
ReplyDeleteUrbane urban cowboy, like the double image of a stereoscope….:)
ReplyDeleteExactly!
DeleteIt's been ages since I set foot in a darkroom, but IIRC the difference is likely due to the use of two different grades of B/W printing papers with differing contrast levels. Despite a preference for darker, lower-contrast images, Haak may sometimes have printed multiple versions of the same image when the work was intended to be reproduced in print.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure why these prints were paired like this, though, since the one on the left has visible blemishes and is curled.
Thanks for posting these, Jerry! I always liked Ken Haak's work!
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You're quite welcome, and thanks very much for the technical details.
DeleteThis is model Kevin O'Mera who I have two other shots of.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the ID!
DeleteBecause the pose would appear to be exactly the same, if you do that old trick of crossing your eyes, the image then appears to be in stereo 3-D like the old viewers of yore… LOL
ReplyDeleteI actually thought that might be the intent here.
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