Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "charles_bandes" 
<byronbulb@y...> wrote:
> Do you really think the process makes that much of a difference? 
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If you just want something to decorate your home, probably not. But 
if you spend a significant amount of money to buy a rare object, yes!

Let's imagine that someone comes up with a super-high quality copy 
machine which can make copies indistinguishable from the original 
without a loupe. Would the value of all existing silver prints 
fall instantly? I don't think so, because the process by which the
original print and the copy were produced is different. And only a 
limited number of the original silver print, printed by the 
photographer himself, exist.

The silver print is a rare object. When a silver print is beautiful,
people are ready to pay significant amounts of money for it.

I know it is possible to make beautiful inkjet prints. If it can 
be shown that some of these beautiful inkjet prints are rare, 
somewhat unique and hand-crafted, I think galleries will be more 
accepting of them.

gregory