Digital BW, The Print

Austin,

You know, I kind of agree with you. I did all that work thinking that it
would help steer the discussion away from technical stuff for a little
while, and toward aesthetics, style, motivations, intentions. I could
have done more to push the discussion after the exchange was over, but I
didn't think I would have to. I expected a flurry of responses, but
there wasn't much more than a bunch of "wow, nice prints!", and a couple
of threads, like yours, that never really took off. I don't feel like
the experience was a waste of time, but I was disappointed that it
didn't lead to more discussion.

I'm also disappointed that Jon dropped the ball on the exchange web
site. It would have been nice for the people that didn't participate to
be able to see all the images. Maybe that would have helped the
conversation a little.

-Jason

Austin Franklin wrote:
> 
> > I'd have to agree with you about participating in the print
> > exchange.  Amazing stuff.
> 
> Hi Lawrence & list...
> 
> I participated in the first print exchange on the Piezo list.  I must say, I
> was abysmally disappointed, in fact, somewhat insulted.  Not at the images,
> no, they were, as you say "amazing stuff"...but at the lack of feedback and
> comments.  It's almost like it never happened!  I went out of my way to make
> up a whole bunch of prints, pack them out...and I got zip in return (yes, I
> did get the exchange prints, but that wasn't what I was looking for).  I
> even posted a "critique" on the list, and aside from one or two others,
> NADA!
> 
> So, given that, I'm hesitant to waste my time again, and participate in
> these...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Austin