Friday, May 24, 2013

Mr. Halpern in action

 Thanks to Doug Chu, we now can see Mr. Halpern in action.     In late 60's  Fuji was struggling to convince Japanese printers to switch away from the traditional "deep etch" plate to Fuji's new presensitized printing plate.               Dr. Seiichi Ooba organized a three city lecture series and asked Mr. Halpern to be the main speaker to speak on the US printing industry where PS plate was widely in use.      This video was transferred from a Super 8 movie (remember?) and has a silent movie quality.    It starts with a street scene in Tokyo (see old cars) heading towards Fuji office where we had a bit of practice and then to a Fuji sponsored meeting where hundreds of major printers were present.            There is no sounds but you can feel the full energy of Mr. Halpern.