Digital BW, The Print

Jamie, I don't think most gallery owners know a lot about photography.
If they did, they Certainly would NOT be selling C prints over quad
prints because of longevity!
Generations Has been tested by RIT Kodak for 100+ years. This is
certainly good enough for me!  There are always those that think a print
should last 500 years. But really, who really cares? About a year ago, I
looked at all the color photos I had taken when at Brooks Institute. My
entire C color print portfolio had faded so much it was unbelievable.
I'd say about 80 percent fade. And these prints were properly processed
and washed, and kept in the dark for 25 years!!!. My dye transfer prints
look as good as the day I made them, as do the black and white prints.
All my quad prints that have been in books, or in low level room
lighting haven't faded a bit that I can tell. 

Jerry



jamiedrouin wrote:
> 
> Which is extremely amusing considering that just because
> someone prints on fibrebased silver papers does not
> necessarily mean that the image has been processed to any
> archival standards. I have come across a number of 'senior' fine
> art photographers who have little respect (or knowledge) of
> processing silver papers properly. New photographers who have
> only experienced RC papers face the same issue.
> 
> Also, look at the number of galleries carrying contemporary
> C-prints...which certainly do not have the same permanence as
> quadtones on rag papers.
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson
> <jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> 
> > Most gallerys don't accept them YET because of
> archival/permanence
> > problems that have been associated with inkjet printing.
> 
> jamie drouin : photographs
> http://www.jamiedrouin.com
> 
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