Digital BW, The Print

Wednesday, September 18, 2002, 11:26:54 PM, david_bookbinder@... wrote:

dsc> I am curious as to who you are talking to about this bias. Are 
dsc> these gallery owners, collectors, dealers? And, do they make 
dsc> a regular practice of inquiring about how a photographer comes 
dsc> to a particular final image?

dsc> - David


David,

No just general public type people. Friends, relatives, friends of
friends. I have no doubt that many dealers, collectors, etc. would
have no problems especially if it helps to sell the work. My "fear",
as it may be, is that there really seems to be a public perception
that most photographs seen *are* realistic examples. Perhaps there is
a long history of manipulation done in the darkroom (much of it the
"same": as what we can do with PS today) but, and as has been
discussed, much of this had been more difficult and not as prevalent
as today's use of PS. I get the feeling that it may be "diluting" the
parameters upon which photographers may be judged or respected.

Again, I have just found that when told of use of saturation tools in
PS, etc. that most non-photographers do *not* say, "oh, well that's
great" but more often say such things as "Oh, so THAT'S how he did it"
and is often followed by "I did not think it was real..." and their
attitude has changed from awe and respect to a sound of being let-down
and even that they had been subjected to "trickery".

Best regards,
 Richard  

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