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Re: [Digital BW] Digital B&W dissing

2003-10-31 by markroth61

I find this topic fascinating, considering the debates in the 
1800's...how interesting if the internet was available to painters in 
1839:

http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/index.html

Best,
Mark R.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
<cj@c...> wrote:
> >I think perhaps an attempt to use the term 'carbon pigment 
> >print', instead of 'carbon print' would be most appropriate.  
> >That way, there's at least a distinction between inkjet prints 
> >done with carbon black pigments and traditional carbon prints.  
> 
> This has already been discussed to death in this and other forums 
over
> the past two years.  I remember in a thread somewhere, maybe here, a
> consensus that "carbon pigment print" is sufficiently different than
> "carbon print" so as not to be seen as an "infringment" or 
something.
> I looked in two books on photo history and found only "carbon 
print".
> I posted a reply to that effect in that forum earlier this evening,
> basically defending the digi folks against the accusation of
> "coopting" the name of an earlier process, that the various names 
were
> considered and debated, that we are good photographers and we love 
the
> medium and its history as much as anyone else.
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

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