Digital BW, The Print

Robert Morrison <rmorrison@...> writes:

> Yes, I believe someone pointed that out recently. I don't use conventional
> photo paper...I only print digital...seems to have been a weakness in the
> old technology.  I was a painter, sculptor and print maker before I started
> taking pictures.  As a print maker I would have never used a paper with OB's
> in it...of course some people do...but that is there choice.

This is the basic choice between archival permanence and how good the
work looks *right now*.  I personally have a fetish for archival
permanence, but it seems a very valid artistic attitude to say that
how it looks right now is the dominant consideration.
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