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Re: [Digital BW] Ralph Gibson's comments about piezography...

2002-09-11 by Tom O'Connell

> 
> Sounds to me like he is implying that to be a "print" to him means 
to
> PRINT on silver-based traditional paper. I guess to him then
> digital inkjet output of any sort are not prints.   A little narrow 
in his
> viewpoint but he's entitled to it no matter how archaic others may
> think it is.
> 
> Best regards,
>  Richard  

I agree. I think this is the same article I read a couple of months 
ago. He actually takes the other side later in the article and says 
he is surprised at how good some digital work it and he intends to 
learn more about it and work with it.

However, to even imply that digital work is not photography is just 
plainly wrong, IMHO... It isn't FILM PHOTOGRAPHY, it isn't WET 
DARKROOM SILVER PRINT PHOTOGRAPHY, but where do the film users get 
off claiming that their work is "photography"...if it isn't a wet 
plate, it's not photography, it's only something to do with some 
silly gelatin sheet...

Tom O'Connell

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