Paul Graham - Little Chef in rain

[miniman]

Don’t suppose anyone would know how one could get hold of a print of this? Probably A1 size

[tog]

You could try his gallery:

https://www.paulgrahamarchive.com/contacts.html

[Simpo Two]

Having studied that photo for more than a while the question that keeps floating into my head is 'Why?'

Are you doing a PhD on 'Depressing photos from the '80s'?

[miniman]

Simpo Two said:

Having studied that photo for more than a while the question that keeps floating into my head is 'Why?'

Are you doing a PhD on 'Depressing photos from the '80s'?

takes all sorts I suppose, I love it.

[C n C]

miniman said:

Simpo Two said:

Having studied that photo for more than a while the question that keeps floating into my head is 'Why?'

Are you doing a PhD on 'Depressing photos from the '80s'?

takes all sorts I suppose, I love it.

It certainly does take all sorts.

Having looked at the gallery and a bunch of his photos such as the A1 Road series, they seem to remind me more of the "reject" prints after getting a film back from the developers in the 80s - the ones I'd not bother putting in an album!

But if we all liked the same thing, the world would be a far more boring place!

[Wizardskills]

I recently got a photobook copy of his A1 series and I quite like it. If you're interested, there is apparently going to be an exhibition of his A1 series at The Huxley-Parlour in London starting next week. You may be able to enquire about a print there.

https://huxleyparlour.com/exhibitions/

[miniman]

Got the price from the gallery.


£27,000

Yeah, that's not going on my wall then

[Wizardskills]

miniman said:

Got the price from the gallery.


£27,000

Yeah, that's not going on my wall then

[Simpo Two]

miniman said:

Got the price from the gallery.

£27,000

Yeah, that's not going on my wall then

Talk about Emperor's new clothes! I can go through my snaps from the 1980s and let you have one for half that if you like.

[gforceg]

C n C said:

...they seem to remind me more of the "reject" prints after getting a film back from the developers in the 80s - the ones I'd not bother putting in an album!

I did that job one summer back then. They took films from all over the country so maybe I passed judgement on yours one day!

[C n C]

gforceg said:

C n C said:

...they seem to remind me more of the "reject" prints after getting a film back from the developers in the 80s - the ones I'd not bother putting in an album!

I did that job one summer back then. They took films from all over the country so maybe I passed judgement on yours one day!

Funnily enough, so did I for a couple of summers running in 1984 and 1985. Did a range of jobs for Foto Processing based in Leeds at the time. One role involved taking 100 films into a darkroom, opening the canister (35mm or 110) and splicing them together in complete darkness and loading them into a large light-proof cassette ready for feeding into the developing machine. It was slightly more interesting than another job which was opening the envelopes with the films received for processing and putting 2 stickers with the same number, 1 on the film and the other on the envelope, then bundling the 100 envelopes together and putting the film canisters in a rack together. That was mind-numbing.

[gforceg]

C n C said:

Funnily enough, so did I for a couple of summers running in 1984 and 1985. Did a range of jobs for Foto Processing based in Leeds at the time. One role involved taking 100 films into a darkroom, opening the canister (35mm or 110) and splicing them together in complete darkness and loading them into a large light-proof cassette ready for feeding into the developing machine. It was slightly more interesting than another job which was opening the envelopes with the films received for processing and putting 2 stickers with the same number, 1 on the film and the other on the envelope, then bundling the 100 envelopes together and putting the film canisters in a rack together. That was mind-numbing.

My task was loading the processed roll onto two spindles and then with the aid of a foot pedal, motor through the roll looking for duff pictures. They then got a sticker or a line with a chinagraph pencil which singled them out for disposal later. It's amazing how quickly one could view hundreds of pictures moving from right to left and assess them for quality . That was at ColourCare in Downton.

[greygoose]

miniman said:

Got the price from the gallery.


£27,000

Yeah, that's not going on my wall then

And people moan that the new M5 is over £100,000!

[sutoka]

miniman said:

Got the price from the gallery.


£27,000

Yeah, that's not going on my wall then

Just get a high quality jpeg of it and take it to the printers and get it printed in A1. As long as your not planning to sell it I can't see a problem. Add to that you'll have saved about £26,950

[Simpo Two]

Or pretend this 'Paul' fellow (I assumed he was a celebrity chef from the title) took the photo on the right at https://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Little_Chef and print that...

[noell35]

Random.
Never heard of this photographer before reading this thread the other week and then I randomly pick up a copy of AP in Tesco........