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Thomas J. Andrews
A good friend of mine, Al Fasoldt, a newspaper columnist and retired
editor of the Syracuse, NY Post-Standard, served as Vietnam Bureau Chief
of Stars & Stripes, a U.S. Army publication in the late 1960's. When he
returned to the States he brought with him some 8x10's and several
contact prints of photos he had taken while in Vietnam. A few years ago
he learned that the Army had ordered all the prints and negatives from
that time destroyed, leaving his prints as the only record of those photos.
Contact prints, for the information of those unfamiliar with the
pre-digital dark ages of photography, were small(same size as the
negative) prints made quickly and without much regard for quality. They
were commonly used for screening purposes, the first cut for deciding
which photos to keep and which to discard.
Over the last 18 months, using newly available interpolation and editing
software and a professional-quality printer, Al has been able to
recapture the images on his old prints and expand them into
exhibition-quality photo prints, some of very large size. The resulting
prints have been on display all during November 2006 in the Onondaga
County Public Library in Syracuse, NY.
Those interested can find more information on Al's website,
http://www.technofileonline.com/. A pdf of the exhibition guide,
including the photos in the exhibit and their captions, is available for
download, as well as a link to a brief newspaper column about the
software that made it possible.
TJ
editor of the Syracuse, NY Post-Standard, served as Vietnam Bureau Chief
of Stars & Stripes, a U.S. Army publication in the late 1960's. When he
returned to the States he brought with him some 8x10's and several
contact prints of photos he had taken while in Vietnam. A few years ago
he learned that the Army had ordered all the prints and negatives from
that time destroyed, leaving his prints as the only record of those photos.
Contact prints, for the information of those unfamiliar with the
pre-digital dark ages of photography, were small(same size as the
negative) prints made quickly and without much regard for quality. They
were commonly used for screening purposes, the first cut for deciding
which photos to keep and which to discard.
Over the last 18 months, using newly available interpolation and editing
software and a professional-quality printer, Al has been able to
recapture the images on his old prints and expand them into
exhibition-quality photo prints, some of very large size. The resulting
prints have been on display all during November 2006 in the Onondaga
County Public Library in Syracuse, NY.
Those interested can find more information on Al's website,
http://www.technofileonline.com/. A pdf of the exhibition guide,
including the photos in the exhibit and their captions, is available for
download, as well as a link to a brief newspaper column about the
software that made it possible.
TJ