Digital BW, The Print

On 5/6/02 1:01 PM, "marktuckerdotcom" <mtucker508@...> wrote:

> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "ruhrfoto"
>> And other sensitive human beings will be able to recognize a
>> great print, whatever gallerists are thinking, saying or dealing
>> with.
> 
> You guys are completely missing the point here -- it's about
> MONEY. 
> 
> Like it or not, to many people who are buying these
> multi-thousand dollar prints, it's as much about the investment
> as it is about the beauty of the print.
> 
> Or, it's about the ego. So they can say "Oh, that's a Weston".
> 
> The rules are different at that level. Better to understand it, even if
> you don't agree with it.
> 
Right...and this comment is perhaps circular...but if Weston...or Weston's
estate decided to edition one of his prints using Iris or Inkjet
technology...people would want it and galleries would sell it....

I think this brings us full circle.  If its good...or its by a big
name...they will sell it.

Rarity is not an issue that is specific to a medium.  If I make one inkjet
print and destroy the file/neg its just as rare as if I make one silver
print and destroy the file/neg its just as rare.  The people that are
printing Adams and Weston photos via silver prints can certainly make two
that look alike.  With a little luck I can make two quad prints that look a
like as well.  In the print making world, it is expected that if you edition
an image they better all look alike.  If they don't you call them "AP...or
Artist's Proofs".  
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Robert Morrison
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Robert