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postcards. Any photograph of you by you or having nothing whatever to do with you could make a perfect postcard If you decide to use these as your Christmas or holiday cards or even year-round stationery throw caution to the winds Make a Personal Statement If, however, you decide to use , postcards as gifts for friends and relatives (perhaps transforming your parents vaca tion pictures into a multi pic remembrance for them), be discreet and tasteful Almost any photo developer can make a picture into a picture postcard call around for the best prices Or make your own (see Mount ing. below) photo collage. This is the easiest photo gift of all since it requires very little equip ment and almost no additional cash Aou II need plain cardboard tor mounting scis sors. and glue lust cut out several photo graphs that Mean Something to the recipi ent. and paste them down in a bizarre or conventional way These can be extremely simple and effective (your face suspended in a blue sky) or crammed to the edge with everything you can make tit Be sure to cut the pieces on an angle so they II he flat without curling and without sharp delinea tions Arrange them all exactly as you want, and then remove every piece down to the bottom and build it back up. gluing (spray mounting glue is best here - it doesn't ad here immediately, in case you change your mind) as you go hand-tinting. This process, usually done on old photographs in muted pastels, gives a lovely effect, and it is not difficult It s more or less like a coloring book follow the directions In the package of oils or pen cils (obtainable at most photo supply stores), and practice first on a substitute photo (preferably a copy of the one you re giving) Flesh tones are tricky but not im possible rmtufiffritj. Mounting a photograph re quires special equipment - a mounting press mounting board, and heat-activated adhesive tissue all available in photo sup ply houses and most campus photo labs It you are unfamiliar with the process, hire someone to help or complete the job. be cause a mistake could be costly The extra expense is justifiable here, because you re lett with a hefty, solidly backed photograph (particularly nice for an 8 x 10 or larger picture) suitable for framing The backing may be flush with the photograph, or a halt-inch or so may be left around all sides, making its own frame An even more dra matic effect is achieved by mounting a rela tively small picture off-center on a larger ; board It is also possible to mount pictures I using an iron, be sure to memorize the in .auctions (which should have come with he mounting tissue) before you start, and ae careful To hang these mounted beauties, you don't really need a frame or wire If the pic tures are small, use double-faced tape Larger pictures can be suspended with mounting putty, available at art supply houses. Since both the tape and putty can damage walls, proceed with caution ah, the holidays. There may not seem to be much cause for rejoicing in these troubled times, but we'd like to offer a tiny silver lining: suggestions for nifty and inexpensive gifts for your friends and family, personally crafted with your own nimble fin gers _ so easy you can finish most of them before mid-terms. Give a photograph Give several photographs. But make each one special create a postcard, hand-tint an ________ S i sb°re a a p h o t o g r ESSj4 A Loyola Marymount Univer sity student In Los Angeles creates an unusually sensitive photo essay. We Have repro duced only a segment of it here; it originally covered an entire wall and had neighbor hood graffiti painted across the photos, adding the final touch of reality. It has always been easy for me to express myself on paper, or with a combination of photographs and supportive texts With this prot ect. however, i wanted to create a set of photographs that would be able to work by themselves <?r as the primary source of an artistic state ment in concert with other forms of media. Working under the tutelage of mentor/instructor Patrick Nagafanl, assistant professor of studio arts at Loyola Marymount and a well regarded contemporary artist in Los Angeles, 1 explored the Hispanic cultural segment of the town of Fillmore. California, located in one of the largest citrus-producing areas in the world. My aim with these prints was to create an atmosphere that made a statement of these people's concern for Stability, the family and religious ties, and to emphasize that theirs is a culture different from that of the | people of the barrios of East Los Angeles, less than 50 miles away. The selected pictures here are from a group of ninety prints re cently exhibited at Loyola Mary mount During the exhibition other forms of media were added to the prints, including sound video and graffiti, to create a multimedia event while retaining the basic core of the photographs. The equipment used included Pentax ME super and MX 15 mm cameras, 24 mm, 50 mm and 85 mm lenses and black-fr-white Tri-X pan film Peter Meyers 'za break into Kodak's m Good news: we need student photographic essays for future issues of Break. Better news: we’ll pay 100 actual U.S. dollars for each photo essay we print. A photo essay is a series of photo graphs unified by a central theme or subject. with a personal point of view. Each essay submitted must he accom panied bp a prose essay tone or two double-spaced pages) explaining the reasons for choosing the subject, the impact the essay had or subject, viewers and photographer, and special techniques (if any) that were used. Be sure to Include name, address and your aye, plus the name of your college on the essay. Print your name on every photograph. We will return all photographs . eventually. the $100 covers first time North American rights; you still own the pictures. Da net dawdle; we need to choose a winner fry the first of lanuary 1983. Send to: Break essay. 1680 Nartfr Vine, Suite 900. Hollywood, CA 90028.
