Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!ronx From: ronx@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Re: "SX-70 Effects" on P. Gabriel Album Cover Message-ID: <700@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 00:35:39 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.700 Posted: Thu Aug 15 00:35:39 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 06:06:51 EDT References: <4898@mit-eddie.UUCP> <1464@peora.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 14 > 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? > You cut the SX-70 picture open with a pair of scissors and carefully peel it apart. You can stretch the emulsion all kinds of ways. I remember seing an article on this in Popular Mechanics a long time ago. They were wrapping the emulsion around eggs. -Ron