Digital BW, The Print

Thursday, September 19, 2002, 10:54:57 AM, Chris Hargens wrote:

CH> a lot of wonderful 
CH> manipulations/tricks can be performed in the darkroom, and I don't 
CH> think that historically this has effected a print's collectability, 
CH> at least not on the downside. 

CH> Chris Hargens


Yes, perhaps not in the past. But the impression I get is that most
people feel that doing these "tricks" in PS is *much* easier and does
not require nearly the same amount of skill, time, craft and talent to
do as they did to do in the traditional darkroom. Many will argue that
to be good, really good, in PS requires just as much artistry and
skill as past darkroom aficionados. And overall I would agree, that
is, when it comes down to a professional approach and work flow
processing of images in PS. But we can talk all day about "how it's no
different", etc. But it does not change the fact that to tweak
saturation and hue, perhaps the most prominent "manipulation" done now
in PS, is easy (at least at some level). And the many ARE feeling it
IS different than traditional approaches of the past, and have a
different attitude about it. And I think it may just affect a print's
"collectability" on the downside.

Best regards,
 Richard  

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