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[Digital BW] Re: Gallery Rules

2001-10-06 by Tyler Boley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., SKID Photography <skid@b...> wrote:
> Again, The reason for labeling is not to promote one brand over another, it is to give basic information.
> Museums, which I would consider 'the last word' on this sort of thing (Museums being the most branding
> neutral, and academically oriented) calls them 'inkjet prints' (first), and then other information *follows*
> that.  The point is clear information, not branding or any other commercial promotion.
> 
> By going down the 'branding' road, we put ourselves in the same position of that group that trademarked the
> name 'Giclee', this clearly has *nothing* to do with art, and is totally a commerce issue.
> 
> Harvey Ferdschneider
> partner, SKID Photography, NYC

Harvey, I guess I'm not understanding you reference to branding. Aren't carbon pigments simply the material making up 
the image, like platinum, or toned gelatin silver?
Tyler

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