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We’ll have to substitute Lee in there… couldn’t get his photo to work for some reason.

Yes, this will be a poster eventually. 18×24… order yours now!

This is certainly no big story, just a sad (re-)confirmation for me and anyone else who ever printed on Agfa 111 or 118 fiber paper. I went to Agfa’s web site about a month ago and found the following:

You can’t buy the film anymore you’re used to?

Films, photo paper and chemistry come and go. Quite problematic when they go and you still need some…

Agfa Aerial reaches a hand and wants to look into its wide halftone product range whether some suitable substitution film can be identified.
Talk to us – send us a note! Eventually we will need a sample to fully identify the product you want.

Film technology is alive and kicking!

So yes, I realize it’s aerial halftone film… but I get the impression that they either added that after I saw it or I was just so floored by the idea that they might just have paper for me to use. So I wrote them, and asked about both of those papers. Today they responded:

Dear Mr. Pickering
Sorry to say Agfa has discontinued all fiber based papers. The only remaining b/w photo paper from Agfa is called Rapitone M2 which is a multicontrast non fiber paper. It is presently used in the aerial mapping industry for conventional b/w imaging. You can review the specifications at our web site www.agfa.com, Materials, aerial photography. Go to data sheets for Rapitone.
If you must continue to use fiber based papers, there still remains a good selection on the market. Web sites of B&H Photo and Freestyle have a wide selection. Oriental Seagull offers fiber based in both mullticontrast and graded papers.
I hope this will help your search.
Regards,

John *******
Agfa Corporation
100 Challenger Road
Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660

Walker no like.

Fellow SCAD-Atlanta photographer, Jessica Dodd, will be having an opening for her solo exhibition at Art House in Decatur this weekend.

The Photography of Jessica Dodd
Saturday, March 31st, 2007
7:00-11:00pm

We will meet at the 5th floor computer lab and depart around 6:45pm. Here are the directions via Google Maps.

Also, check out Jessica’s MySpace for more images.

I just received an invitation to this opening on Saturday and thought we all might like to go… here’s the link: (walker will probably have to fix it if it doesnt work…)

http://www.urivaknin.com/index.html

It’s at the Vaknin gallery, 905 Juniper Street, 7pm!
Want to meet at school around 645pm???

By the way, it’s the same gallery we saw the All Eyez on Me show (so anyone else who signed in when we walked in the door probably also got the same email I received!)

Coming next month (or May, whatever…)
ADOBE CS3
The new software combines elements of Adobe and Macromedia products, Flash/PS integration, the demise (sort of) of GoLive, and providing three different suites for print, web, and video, plus one uber-super-mega-combo version.
And “Photoshop Extended” version incorporates 3-D elements. Imagine.
Check out:
Adobe Overhauls its Creative Suite Software
Photoshop CS3 Review
Adobe unveils CS3

The Hey Hot Shot! call for entries is out for the Spring 2007 Edition. I mention this because I entered last night and was featured as a contender on Jen Bekman’s Blog, Personism less than 12 hours later. The entry fee is pretty high ($60) but considering who will be seeing your work, it might just be worth it. I didn’t get picked last time I entered, and certainly don’t plan to get my hopes up early this time, but I figure the panel alone was worth the cost.

The deadline for submissions is Tuesday May 8, 2007 @ 11:59pm ET.

If you’re in town on Sunday (March 25), be sure to come out and cheer for the runners in the Georgia Marathon.

Yours truly will be running the half-marathon (13.1 miles, vs. 26.2 for the full). Hlee Vang, PJ’s assistant, is also doing the half.

If you haven’t seen one of these very large sports events before, you should check it out. There are something around 17,000 people actually running it, and there’ll be big crowds spectating too. Pretty amazing stuff.

If you see us, holler.

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So I’m sitting here in Orange, Texas with no film. I ordered 20 rolls of B&W 120 from B&H several days ago to be delivered to my mom’s house so I didn’t have to take lots of rolls through security at the airport. The package got stuck in Philadelphia because of that storm that hit the Northeast.

Not knowing my packaged hadn’t arrived, I shot up the four rolls I brought along on the first day alone, and there’s very little hope of getting any 120 film in Southeast Texas. I might have to drive to Houston (over 2 hours away) in the morning because all of the photo stores in the area are closed on Sundays (I don’t know if they even carry 120 film anyway!). Did I mention this whole trip to Texas was for taking pictures?

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Hope you’re all enjoying your break.

I must purchase a 35mm SLR film camera body that has manual controls and a working light meter for Phot 101 class.

Can anyone provide some suggestions?

Mona Kuhn
Evidence, 2006

Join Jackson Fine Art for the opening reception for Mona Kuhn’s “Evidence” and Massimo Vitali “Works” Friday, March 16th 6 to 8 pm.

I’m breaching the word of mouth format for this underground shindig, some of you have heard about it. Party at Eric’s house, wooooooo. Bring food or drink or just yourself, prostitutes, whatever. The address is 1660 Peachtree St. next to SCAD, apt 6014. Driving is your best bet to get into the complex. Ring me at the keosk at the gate(Hancock) to get in. This is not supposed to be a group announcement, but I’m feeling rather democratic. I love everyone. Oh by the way, the dig starts at 7 o’clock. Be there or Be square. My apartment is on the bottom level of the parking deck all the way to the back. If problems arise–eric’s tele#678-378-0365.

RUN!

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Shot over a week ago… well, probably almost two weeks ago. But they’re here now. Thank you Victor Hasselblad.

CSI-Atlanta Printmaking

Wed, March 14 – Paolo Nutini – Variety Playhouse – $13 adv/$15 day of show – 9 PM

Mon, March 19 – Lilly Allen – The Loft – $20 – 8 PM

If anyone wants to go let me know.

So tonight… music by Lindsay, and THEN?

That’s right, ROLLER SKATING.

Meet at the school, and we’ll leave for the coffee house at 6:45pm. Here’s a link to a MAP.

Then? Directions to Golden Glide Skating Rink

I love words written in ALL caps.

Saatchi has a “student art” site. It’s been described as a myspace for student artists. It’s got all that stuff, galleries, chat, “friends”, etc. Right now they’ve got a “showdown” going, sort of their version of american idol I guess.
Here’s my page. You explore to learn more.