Digital BW, The Print

Frank,

You wrote:

>3.  Thank you Paul for your UV testing.  Does the Legion Photo
>Matte yellow and fade like an old Weston print or does it simply
>begin to look like crap?  ...

Not being privileged enough to have both a dark-storage, control Weston, as
well as, one that has been on display for many years, I'm not in a position
to compare very closely.  If somebody would be willing to ship said items to
my Swiss bank account, I'd sure be willing take a look.  (No return postage
necessary.)

My best estimate is that if Weston had used the best modern pigments and
LPM, they would probably look better than any enlargements he might have
made -- even today, with reasonable handling.  (Of course, his contact
prints would, no doubt, be another story.  Did he do any enlargements?)

So, to summarize, I haven't a clue about the comparison, but I like LPM in
spite of its yellowing (which is probably caused largely by the brighteners
that the UV from my fluorescent light fader is burning out at an accelerated
rate).

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com