March 2008
"Past Time: Photographic Exchange" - Lancaster, PA
Model Town Exists
Model Town

Recently released photographs demonstrate the existence of a true Northeast American model town. The exact location of the town has yet to be released. (Model p.4)

April 5 - June 22

Works from the recent TimeFrames Series will be available for viewing at the Demuth Foundation and Museum through this summer. This series will form an interesting juxtaposition against the works of Magic Lantern Slide photographers from an earlier era.

Breathprint Series
Breathprint

By blowing on the glass surface of these small mirrors, a backlit image becomes evident through the reflection. The viewer becomes engaged with his/her own perceived influence on the image's photographic conception. These pieces were inspired by a chemical process of Sir John Herschel that preceded early daguerreotypes.

In May of 2006, a prototype Breathprint was purchased for the collection of the Photography Center of the Capital District in New York's Albany Area. (Breath p.4)

Early "Electrolin" Discovered
The Electrolin

The Electrolin is believed to have been invented in 1924 by Clement T. Truett, a telegraph worker from Union, Pennsylvania. Thought to be one of the earliest purely electrical folk instruments, the Electrolin never saw adoption by musicians, and fell into obsolescence on the day of its conception.

Based on the Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer, the instrument was tuned to a single key and easily understood by amateur musicians; yet it had the potential marketing mystique of the difficult-to-learn Theremin. (Electrolin p4)

Galvanic Skin Response linked to Psychological Profile
Galvanic Skin Response Terminal

An unusual device from the early 1970's was recently recovered from an abandoned suite in Troy, New York. The device appears to read galvanic skin response and returns a graphical map of the user's psychological make-up. (GSR p.4)

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Feature . . . . 3
Briefs. . . . . 4