Digital BW, The Print

What you say is true. But then I can find a great
print in books. Michael Kenna's books are well printed,
and a page from them would look great under glass.

So why are people paying thousands of dollars for an
original print instead of tearing out book pages? Because
they buy the silver print as a rare object, and not only as
something to hang on their wall behind glass.

But you are right about some requirements for the artist
to be able to produce a great print. But you also have to
produce something interesting to collectors.

gregory

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ruhrfoto [mailto:ruhrfoto@...]
> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 3:28 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Inkjet prints and galleries
>
>
> A great print (silver/inkjet or whatever)
> - depends on the capabiliy to produce a great negative (file)
> - depends on the capabilty to pre-visualize a great picture
> - depends on the capability to discover great images in one\ufffds
>   soul
> - depends on the sensitivity of the artist
>
> And other sensitive human beings will be able to recognize a
> great print, whatever gallerists are thinking, saying or dealing
> with.
> At least I hope so.
> Bernd
>