Digital BW, The Print

Paul,                                                                                                    
 
For months I was looking forward to getting to Solvang to see your show and 
finally visited the museum yesterday.   It was worth the 15 hour roundtrip 
drive!  The show was inspiring!  Anyone who feels that digital photography 
cannot compete with silver printing should view your prints.  From a purely 
technical standpoint I could not perceive any superiority of one over the other. 
There will always  be those who will hold that nothing can compare with 
traditional silver printing and that's o.k.  The point for me is that standing 
before your prints is all the argument I will ever need to conclusively 
demonstrate carbon pigment printing is here and need make no apology to 
any other process.  It stands firmly on its own feet.  Your art says it all without 
words. Not only is your work technically beautiful, but even more importantly,  
it is creatively beautiful!  My only real disappointment was that I was not able 
to meet you personally.

 One other thought: I wish to express my deep appreciation for your 
extraordinary generosity in responding to the many inquiries made by 
members of the  B@W forum.

I'm sure many of the members, like me,  never fail to read everything  you 
post.  In addition, your generosity in giving of your valuable time in answering  
posts on the forum and your generosity in providing curves without profiting 
from them proves your unselfish desire to help all photographers!  I have 
always felt that artists should do everything within their power to help one 
another and should do it for free.  You are a fine example for all of us.  Many 
thanks,  Paul!
Joe D.