Digital BW, The Print

Mike,  Paul just posted an excellent response to your remarks on a 
different (but similar) thread.  Basically he says (and I agree) that 
once the image is framed under glass and the tactile, physical texture 
of the process is neutralized, one is hard pressed to determine the 
print pedigree.  Paul goes on to say that the reason a great print 
glows is because it is done by a master artist.  

I also print platinum, silver and digital processes.  Sometimes they 
glow.  More often they don't.  I don't attribute the success or 
failure of the image to the medium.  Luminosity lies totally in the 
artists hand and vision.

Frank

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Michael Kravit" 
<michael.kravit@w...> wrote:
> Frank,
> 
> As a platinum printer and a digital printer I think you are 
strolling down
> the path with blinders. Yes each medium has its own characteristivs, 
but the
> fact is you can not yet obtain a print that glows like a contact 
platinum
> print and has the luminositry of contact silver print using inks and 
water
> color papers.
> 
> This NOT meant to be an argument of digital vs. silver. I love 
inkjet
> printing and digital imaging. What I am saying is that the state of 
the art
> has not yet reached the level of what we are striving for. Not many 
of us
> want to duplicate a silver print. Some of us do in fact want to 
duplicate
> platinum as we feel that platinum is the ultimate medium as far as 
depth and
> three dimensionality is concerened.
> 
> Just to let you know I print and sell and exhibit many Piezo prints, 
I have
> also been a platinum printer for many years. These are in fact valid 
issues
> and certainly not antiquated. We are all striving to obtail the 
perfect
> print!
> 
> Antiquated or not a fine print is judged by certain criteria, that 
will n