Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 5/6/2002 1:35:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jmparis@... writes:


> When a gallery sells a 
> silver print, it knows it will last longer than the remaining life of 
> the gallery owner and longer than the remaining life of the buyer

How do they know?
They don't know if the printer properly washed and fixed the image. They only 
have faith.
And if the printer was not the photographer, if it was a lab where someone 
new or lazy was actually finishing the image?????
I had some very expensive C prints made for an exhibition about six years 
ago. Some have been in dark storage in my home since. Of these, at least two 
are color shifting already.
I haven't had any complaints from the purchasers of the others yet, but I'm 
keeping my fingers crossed.
George J Kunze


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