Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 2/27/2002 4:10:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
nigel@... writes:


> Hmmm. It really is too easy to make them sound rediculous ;)
> 

Absolutely. 
If one goes by the axiom that money is the root of all evil, the whole issue 
becomes perfectly clear. Siver printers are afraid that digital printers will 
devalue photography. Especially their photography! They are (ignorantly) 
afraid that it is easier to produce digital photography and therefore prices 
will be driven down. That is what the painters were afraid of all those years 
ago when photography emerged as an art form.
But as we all know, one can purchase a silver 8 x 10 for as low as $25 US, 
and as high as what???? thousands????  It doesn't matter, the maker can sell 
for whatever he/she wants to. Unless he/she is copying some one else's 
prints, the only market they are destroying is their own.
George J Kunze


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