anand@utastro.UUCP (Anand Sivaramakrishnan) (08/13/85)
< This makes me think of a good question. Does anybody know how the "SX-70
< Effects" (see album cover notes) on the cover of Peter Gabriel's "German
< Album" are produced? This is the album cover in which half of Gabriel's
< face appears melted, and which has many images reminiscent of Hieronymous
< Bosch in the shadows. Also, do you need an SX-70 to do it, or can you just
< print onto SX-70 film with an enlarger?
J. Eric Roskos
An avant-garde type friend of mine does 'experimental' work
using an instant camera (colour) and a the eraser end of a
pencil (available from Nikon at $127.25 :-) )....
He takes a picture, and as soon as it comes out of the
camera he rubs at it before the emulsion(s?) harden or
dry or whatever, and gets these 'flowing' distortions.
I guess one could call it 'lightroom manipulation'.
He finds that medium fun, I haven't tried it yet - I may. dws@mit-eddie.UUCP (Don Saklad) (08/30/85)
Regarding SX-70 manipulation you might find the article by Carey Wasserman of interest in the March-April 1983 issue of Darkroom Techniques magazine. Also, there's another reproduction in Darkroom Photography of Jan.-Feb. 1985 in the final frame feature. There's also a comprehensive article on the subject by him in Petersen's Photographic, Nov., 1976. Carey Wasserman, voice tel. 617/492-5621 6 Porter Road Cambridge MA 02140