Digital BW, The Print

I use black borders flatbed scanned from my original wet darkroom 
prints.  These are characteristically my borders (I hand filed the 
carriers myself).  I like to use them even though it means dropping a 
scanned image on top of a chosen border in photoshop.  I have no 
problem with this and I have no desire to use framing software.

BTW, One of HCB's most famous images, Behind the Gare St..-Lazare, 
Paris. 1932, is a heavily cropped image. (You know the one with the man 
jumping over a puddle). It originally was a horizontal shot through a 
picket fence with the slats blurrily visible in the frame.  He always 
exhibits it as a vertical with the slats cropped out.  I can't remember 
if he puts a fake black border around it.

Frank

http://www.culturalvisons.com



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Bernie Ess" <
albatros.bee@w...> wrote:
> Hey Mark I know what you mean, and certainly I don´t like adding
> kitschy-factors to my photos either, but to be honest, I cannot really se=
e
> kitsch about a simple black and slightly irregular border. I don´t talk
> about curled, flower- shaped sh**, just these 4 black lines. I don´t like=

> photos without the border, but the thin, technical one isn´t to pleasing =
to
> my eyes either.
> 
> But well its probably not really worth a fundamental discussion. Maybe af=
ter
> 23 black "darkroom style" borders I am getting sick of it. So what.... th=
en
> I will have enjoyed 22 nice fake borders.
> 
> BTW, it was not HCBs own Mac, but the guy´s who was working in the
> publishing house. By the way HCB has a lot of humour.
> 
> cheers,
> Bernhard
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Tucker" <mark@m...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...>
> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 7:18 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: black print border and photographers hell
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Bernie Ess"
> <albatros.bee@w...> wrote:
> the guy was using the masking tool he was enhancing things
> > like tones, contrast - you could well see the photoshop
> interface etc. HCB
> > was standing next to him - so don´t overdo....
> 
> 
> Oh...My...God........The horror.
> 
> If HCB was there with his PowerMac, then I guess we have the
> definite, ultimate endorsement of the digital age.
> 
> I *was* kidding (somewhat). But not really. Obviously, it's a free
> country, but there's this kitschy-factor about those software
> programs. I probably am some old
> stick-in-the-mud-wannabe-purist, so I don't want to say yes to
> these newfangled sissy programs.