Digital BW, The Print

Bingo!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Agee" <billagee@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Edition Quantities (and where they go)


> >
> >
> >What actually *IS* an artist proof? Can it be sold, or must it be
> >"given away"? What is a printer's proof, and I guess it would not
> >be destroyed, thus it enters circulation?
> >
> >-MT, http://marktucker.com/
> >
>
>
> Mark,
>
> You just hit on one of the games that traditional printmakers have
> used for years. There are tons of artist's proofs out there that
> never get counted, but they do eventually get sold...and it is
> usually dealers that make money with them.
>
> Remember, these are the same folks who are insisting that
> photographers create limited editions...even though one of the main
> reasons for limited editions in traditional printmaking was  because
> the stone or plate wore down and the print quality degraded.  Other
> games these "pure" traditional printmakers play is when an image is
> successful, they quickly find a way to make another edition.  I even
> see painters now painting the same scene over and over when they have
> a hot one.
>
> No such practical problem of degrading plates exists in our digital
> medium.  Before digital, with care,  even negatives lasted for a long
> time....before they become scratched beyond usefulness.
>
> I think you argued for quite severe limitations on editions, but I am
> an open edition kind of photographer. It was good enough for Ansel
> Adams and Edward Weston and it's good enough for me.
>
> It is a gallery gimmick and limits the artist from making a decent
> living throughout their creative life. One of the big advantages of
> digital is that you can print them on demand and create different
> sizes easily.  Additionally as you become better and the technology
> gets better, the quality improves and the price should go up...so in
> one sense, there is a de facto limit...by the market place...to how
> large an edition will be.
>
> Bill Agee
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