It looks like William Mortensen's signature, I think he worked in CA
in the 1940s and taught there for a while. Paper negatives and an
abrasion process that used pumice powder to thin out the paper and
change the resulting tones of the print.
Hans
On Nov 18, 2009, at 7:21 PM, ADavidhazy wrote:
Let's stop this tech talk and discuss photographs. Such as those
made by one of my favorite photographers from the distant past. An
example of these photographs can be seen following this link: http://people.rit.edu/andpph/a-pix/2009-wmbetty-photo-1.jpg
Who, what, when, where how and why? ;)
This might lend itself to a Jeopardy question.
click!
andy
