Digital BW, The Print

At 03:27 AM 5/2/03 +0000, you wrote:
> >what to call the prints...
>
>I'm leaning more toward "Carbon Ink Photographs"  because "carbon"
>harkens to the early carbon process which is synonymous with longevity
>(and I like the implied link to an "ancient" process), and "ink" is
>simply what it is.  In addition, working in ink implies something of
>an artistic nature, such as pen/brush drawing, lithographs,
>photogravure, etc.
>
>So Carbon Ink is not only an accurate description of what it actually
>is (like "silver gelatin"), but in its current context also implies a
>modern fusion of ancient and new technologies, something new and
>special.  "Carbon Pigment" to me seems a bit too technical and
>emotionally cold.  Carbon Ink seems more warm and personal, and
>perhaps even carries a hint of mystery and romance.  Imagine a
>layperson admiring a print in an art show and reading the label
>
>          Half Dome At Winter Dawn
>               by Ima Shooter
>           Carbon Ink Photograph
>
>Which will trigger the imagination more and make him/her want to
>possess it, Carbon Ink or Carbon Pigment?
>
>(waxing philosophical this evening <g>)
>
>Regards, - cj
>
>C,

>I symphathise with your struggle to get just the right tone to your medium 
>description.  I am still tweaking the way I discribe prints too. I keep 
>waffeling with the word "ink."   Pigment sounds better to me than ink. 
>There can't be just one solution. I think it depends on how and where the 
>photographs are displayed or sold.  "Serious" art buyers know conventional 
>terms for variious media. The average person does not. I would avoid 
>inventing a new or too similar to old process nomenclature.  I'm preparing 
>an edition of small prints that will be gifts (premium items).  They will 
>be labeled: Continuous tone black and white photograph made with archival 
>materials. Good enough for most.  To those who can't see why photographers 
>need to be so fussy about this when a watercolor is just a watercolor, 
>etc., it has to do with marketing and acceptance (as art) as much as anything.


AZ




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