Re: There are a lot of mistakes in this IR photography book

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On  8 Nov 97 at 11:24, Peter De Smidt wrote:

> It's unfortunate that she makes so many technical mistakes about
> infrared film.  Nonetheless, not taking a look at her book would be a
> mistake.  She covers a wide range of alternative processes: from
> polaroid transfers, emulsion lifts, hand coloring, polarization, toning
> and infrared.  Many of her examples are very beautiful, and that's what
> really matters, isn't it?  Now this book is quite popular and will
> probably be out in a second edition.  Why don't one of you (Roland?)
> drop Theresa a letter care of her publishers and point out her
> mistakes?  That way, people won't be mislead in future editions.  I'm
> sure she didn't make them on purpose.

I beg your pardon?
She is abusing her artsy authority by stating technical myths as
facts, things she never could have experienced herself, only from
hearsay. 
You have no idea how many people still mail me privately with 
questions about all these myths, and she is actively promoting them.
I have no intention whatsoever to help someone out who is too lazy to 
do his/her own homework and research, and making fast money by adding 
pages of text with utterly nonsens....each person *not* buying her 
book is a gain on my end....at least I don't mail from those 
people....8-))

A far better approach is an ironic web-page with errata for her book....;-))

Sorry for this ranting, the combination of claimed authority and
blatant errors make me furious....promoting her book for arts sake
is condoning lousy homework and bad research. She makes money on 
pages of text that are not worth the paper they are printed on. Had 
she made only a picture book, and made those errors only in her 
speaches, it would be a very different situation.
Good art has authority too....and she abuses it to make more money.





 

- -- 
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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[note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]
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