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| Katherine Blackwell - 15 July 2026 - Severe underexposure with Fuji X-E3 |
Few know in this century of the astounding influence
that the invention of the flatbed scanner in that last century.
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| Scanned Fuji Instant Film peel |
We in Vancouver all know the marvelous talent of
photographer Fred Herzog. In that 20th century he would invite us to
his house and project his lovely Kodachromes on a large projection screen.
Since we his friends were all photographers we despaired in knowing that the
projections could never also become colour prints. Dark room techniques for
printing Ektachromes and Kodachromes did not do justice in either sharpness or
the quality of their colour. It all had to wait for that scanner and the
resulting invention of inkjet print (originally called gicleés).
Herzog’s first show at the Vancouver Art Gallery
showed his talent in the brilliant early inkjet prints.
My fellow photographers, most of them, do not have or
use a scanner. With my Epson V-700 and Epson P700 printer I print inkjets
almost every day. Many are of old negatives (and new ones) and old slides (and
new ones). Their quality is outstanding.
Because I still have many boxes of Fuji Instant Film
for my Mamiya RB-67 I like to shoot it often. With my scanner I am able to scan
not only the prints but also the peels that we photographers used to throw away
before the appearance of scanners.
I believe that the conjunction of the photographic
techniques of that past twentieth combined with the technology of this one produce
what to me the appearance (only appearance?) of cutting edge imaging. I looked
up the etymology of cutting edge and it came into use in relation to effective plows
in the 19th.
I am placing here my images which I believe at least
look like cutting edge. There is nothing like sitting at my oficina computer,
with the scanner on one side to make them.
Another technique I have developed is the intended
underexposure with my Fuji X-E3 camera. The results are dramatic.
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| Ella - Fujiroid peel scanned |
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| Ella - underexposed Fuji X-E3 |
