Digital BW, The Print

Tyler.
Thanks for letting me know that I'm not crazy....It's good to know that I'm not the only one.

Now if I can only rein in my ego, and not rise to the 'bait'.  ;- )

Harvey Ferdschneider
partner, SKID Photography, NYC

Tyler Boley wrote:

> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., SKID Photography <skid@b...> wrote:
> snip
> > Have you considered the work of Paul Caponigro (not his son, John Paul Caponigro).  He is unquestionably
> > recognized as one of the modern masters...
>
> Oh man! Don't get me started. Harvey, I'm right with you there. I'm not a collector, but one of my prized
> possesions is a
> Caponigro, one of the Stonehenge images. It has no white, no black, I've never been able to make a print as
> luminous. It
> definitely doesn't yell at you, sometimes you see it and, other times not. One day it'll practically bring
> me to my knees, the
> next day I'll wonder what was wrong with me. There is no way to take art like that for granted, it's always
> new.
> Adams was an imense figure in the developement of the craft. He showed how far it could be taken, was
> extremely
> generous with his knowledge, and made some glorious art. But once that was absorbed by many artists,
> including those in
> the west coast school, they took that knowledge and explored all the possibilities of tonal expression, but
> maintaining the
> high level of craft Adams set for everyone. This is not new, many of these people were working back in the
> 50's, and many
> are/were landscape photographers. Printmaking has come a long way since Adams, at least for me.
> I'm not going to enter the arguement with Jerry, I learned a long time ago...
> Your post got me going though. Bringing monochromatic images alive on paper remains fascinationg to me,
> following the
> rules I have in my head can totally screw me up. Why is one gray image dead, and another glowing?
> Doing it with ink is a new challenge, definitely.
> Tyler


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