Digital BW, The Print

At 2:03 PM +0000 5/2/02, marktuckerdotcom wrote:
>
>Paul,
>
>I think you're right on track here. Trust me, as soon as these
>gallery people see any of the words "inkjet", or "Piezo", or
>anything remotely resembling digital, they cross their arms and
>you're out the door. I expect this to continue, if not even get
>worse.
>
>Since I only use digital technology, sadly I am not even exploring
>the gallery/print sales thing any more. It's a dead end street.
>(Whether or not it's based in fact, because as we know, and Bill
>Clinton knows, perception is much more strong that actual
>reality).
>
>So I'm going back to the commercial world.
>
>So, for you guys, I agree, that as long as the PRINT is silver, or
>platinum, or anything but inkjet, I think you're fine. The final print,
>paper, is all they seem to care about. How you arrive at that end
>is your own business, but just make sure the print is silver.
>Otherwise, I guarantee you, you're in for a hard fight.
>
>Just my opinion. I might be wrong. But I've seen it in the
>trenches.
>

My feelings for a long time have been that the Photo Gallery 
establishment is the Taliban of the art world.  They are very 
tradition bound and have a very strict code of what they deem ok and 
not ok.  Just go to any of the East and West Coast shows where many 
of the high end photography galleries have booths.....very little 
experimental work, recycling of the same old names...year after 
year...with a few anointed up and coming "wunderkind" who do 8x10 
photos of their friends and family nude, dead or both...

Bill Agee
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