O. Winston Link N&W Y 2190 at Gilbert, WV

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Well shut my mouth! :)  I would have thought that since Link had taken many color negatives, that he would not have needed to resort to colorizing a B&W for his album cover.  Oh well, I am glad that I stirred this up because I have certainly learned more about Mr. Link in the process.  An artist is certainly entitled to manipulate his own work, and I think we can all agree that Mr. Link's work is art!  Jerry Kay

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> I believe Roger is correct. The negative used for the 
> photo on SS&S pg 117 is NW2222 and is B&W. It's the 
> same photo used on 2nd Pigeon. Link's color negatives 
> had a different numbering system. Joan Thomas in 
> Roanoke has the definitive answer for this question, 
> but IIRC, she said the cover for 2nd Pigeon was 
> colorized from B&W. Apparently Link was interested in 
> the process at the time the album was being developed. 
> 
> 
> Dave Stephenson 
> 
> 
> 
> --- nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote: 
> 
> > Roger, I cannot address the issue of where the 2190 
> > photo was taken, but I would like to address your 
> > use of the term "colorized". Colorized implies that 
> > color was artificially added to an otherwise black & 
> > white photo, such as what has been done in the past 
> > to "preserve" old black and white movies and in the 
> > process change the original studio art into 
> > something of a cheap knock-off. (Parts of the 
> > original Wizard of Oz movie were intentionally 
> > filmed in black and white to contrast plain ol', 
> > drab Kansas with Dorothy's vivid dream of the 
> > wonderful Land of Oz). 
> > 
> > Instead, for his daylight shots, Mr. Link used at 
> > least two (and possible three) camera's to make 
> > simultaneous exposures, one (or two) in black and 
> > white, and the other in color. So the color print 
> > is made from a color negative, not a black and white 
> > negative that has had color added to it. Therefor, 
> > it is a color photo, not a colorized photo. If you 
> > look at the published pictures of the Abingdon 
> > branch (all made in daylight) you can find that just 
> > about every one has a color version and a black and 
> > white version. Same reason - simultaneous exposures 
> > made with duplicate cameras. 
> > 
> > Jerry Kay, Portsmouth, Virginia 
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> > 
> > > Image is a daylight shot of Y 2190 with what I 
> > > assume to be mine equipment on the ridge in the 
> > background. 
> > > A colorized version of the image was used on 
> > > the OWL LP "2nd Pigeon and the Mocking Bird". 
> > > Roger Link > 
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