Digital BW, The Print

Very saddening. In fact, it blows. One steps forward, two steps back.

Thanks for passing it along.

Todd

> 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