Digital BW, The Print

Hello, 

This is just a short news item for you....the recent issue of B&W magazine (for collectors of fine photography) has dropped digital prints. 

In his letter to readers, the editor in chief says that digital prints do not have the tradition, heritage, and well....some other qualities he thinks important for collectors...given that they are made by "machine" and not in a traditional manner.  So...from now on...this mag will not have any articles or feature any discussion of digital prints.  

Too bad he doesn't realize the hours I spend on making a single great print...the sweat and the frustration of dealing with the technical issues to get it perfect.....the multitudes of "not-perfect" prints that I throw away...the attention to detail and the careful use of archival papers and inks...and the creativity involved not only in the image making but also...gasp...in the printing itself!   Yes...it is hard to make perfect prints....very hard.  Despite the best of tools and the best techniques...perfection is always hard....and sometimes unobtainable.  

Despite this...at least one of the profiled photographers says in his bio how important the traditional process is to him and his photography....and then at the bottom of the page offers to sell his prints as "giclees starting at....$xxx"  so...

Comments?  

Steadman


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