Digital BW, The Print

Hello from the the US Capital,

A little off topic, but I had a similar experience to Mr. Tucker's last week
and would like to share it with the group...

Last week I had the opportunity to exchange emails with Brooks Jensen, "Mr.
LensWork Magazine".  I essentially suggested that his writings and selling
of their inexpensive "collector series" prints was somewhat trashing the
validity of digital printing due to their VERY LOW selling price.  He wrote
back that he really does support digital printing...in fact he even has
personally embraced the technology, yada, yada, yada, and to read his
article in their volume #41, which I already had.

I am sure that most of us that read LensWork would agree that it is a first
rate publication and that the prints that LensWork is selling are "copies"
that are digitally reproduced, not originals.

What really rattled my cage was Jensen's so called "I'm doing it myself"
acceptance/validation of our medium while at the same time states in
his/their advertisement that the prints they sell are..."Not Inkjet!"
Woa...what does that mean?????

What LensWork and Mr. Jemnsen seem to be communicating is that InkJet is not
as valid/worthy/collectable/good as their photogravure and silver gelatin
repro prints.  More importantly, they seem to be implying that inkjet is
overpriced...woa!  

What do you folks think...are they helping or hurting our efforts, or is
inkJet really nothing more than a low-end knock-off of a traditional
darkroom print?  

As for me, I will continue to pursue this craft with great enthusiasm and
vigor.

Regards...Craig 
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http://www.craigsterling.com  "Photography with a Sense of Place"


> From: "Mark Tucker" <mark@...>
> Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 16:14:15 -0000
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Dec. Issue: B/W Magazine
> 
> It's a continuing source of hearty chuckles to pick up B/W
> Magazine from time to time. I love to watch the subtle ways that
> they continue to bash digital technology with one hand, and
> somehow manage to accept advertising dollars from companies
> that use digital techniques, with the other hand.
> 
> * Page 22: Funny ad from some photographer's group in Long
> Island that have "dedicated themselves to preservation and
> furthering of classical BW photography", blah blah blah.
> 
> Then in the next paragraph they brag how their members' work
> will be digitally archived via CD, DVD, and the Internet.
> 
> I wrote them a very serious tongue-in-cheek letter suggesting
> that they all sell their computers and only correspond via manual
> typewriters and USMail.
> 
> * Page 7: Publisher again makes note of their continued
> defiance of digital photography. Even though they've featured
> photographers who use digital, this came from a prior promise
> before their philosophical shift.
> 
> * Page 65: Magazine accepts money from full-page
> advertisement from a company called Ataraxia Studio, which
> claims to produce long lasting digital prints with pigments.
> 
> * Page 69: Magazine accepts money from full-page
> advertisement for A&I Lab in Los Angeles, who mentions their
> Iris and LightJet printing services.
> 
> * Page 142: Magazine accepts money from full-page
> advertisement for Camera West store, which mentions their
> stock of digital cameras.
> 
> *Page 144: Magazine accepts money from full-page
> advertisement from PhotoVillage.com, featuring wide range of
> film scanners, scanning services, and Piezo services.
> 
> -----------
> 
> You can't have it both ways, folks. If you're gonna take a stand,
> take a stand; but with both your mouth AND your pocketbook.
> 
> Yet, having said all that, it's still a FINE magazine. One of the very
> best on the stands. But it just makes you wonder what's
> motivating this fear-based policy of resisting digital technology.
> Can't we all just get along?
> 
> Just my opinion,
> 
> Mark Tucker, http://marktucker.com/
> 
> (cross-post)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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