Original negatives

[drc]

Photographers use and have used both negatives and transparencies to make photographic prints. Transparencies are the same as negatives but the image is positive (normal). Many photographers make slides (transparencies in cardboard holders) to both keep on record and make photographic prints. Transparencies and slides can be easy to date due to format/text/design on the film and/or slide holder.

Just because I have them at hand, these are two of my favorite negatives (made positive to show). They're Karl Lagerfeld photos of Danish model Helena Christensen, shot for his fashion catalog. Lagerfeld shot all of the photos for his catalogs.

[Runscott]

Ben, I've straightened and superimposed part of the inverse of the negative over the print.

They are the same.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Ben, I've straightened and superimposed part of the inverse of the negative over the print.

They are the same.

Scott... now this is funny as just before I posted it I thought to myself(could this be the same image just turned?). I was in a hurry and too lazy to ck at the time. Thank you very much for pointing this out! Pretty cool I have both now.

[mybestbretts]

Great find Ben!

[mybestbretts]

Ben, great find

[repsher]

Sorry it took me so long to post these but between vacation and work I haven't had much time to get to the scanner. These are the Herb Dixon full negs. There isn't much to see other than the HG,but at least I've figured out how to scan the whole neg and straighten out with Photoshop.

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[repsher]

Here is a Burke/Brace Dizzy Dean from 1938.

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Here is a Bob Lemon Burke/Brace from his rookie season 1946.

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[repsher]

Here are a couple of Jocko Conlon shots. I believe these are Brace negatives:

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Al Simmons batting in 1934 w/Whitesox:

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Ty Cobb throwing out the first pitch somewhere on 8/13/34:

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[repsher]

Here is one from 1936 of Johnny Mize, Bruce Ogrodowski and Joe Medwick. This was sold to me as a Burke/Brace negative but I now realize there aren't any catalog markings on the neg, so maybe not.
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This is a glass neg I picked up a long time ago. It was just titled "Ty Cobb with Judge Murphin.". I'm not sure who the Judge is.

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