Digital BW, The Print

I'm not through all the digests yet, been off-lined a couple days.  
Given that I haven't seen all the responses.


"Inkjet" prints will continue to have less than exalted status until 
after the equipment frenzy passes and the broad population has moved 
on to the next medium.

The "lowliness" of it is the perception that ANYONE can do it! So why 
is it special?  If I recall, there have been similiar discussions 
surrounding Francis Bacon (20th Century), Minimalism & others at the 
time they came to the populations attention.  In fact, photography 
thrived on it at the turn of the century, the Brownie let anyone do 
it.

Eliot Porters Dye Transfer work actually dates back to the early 
1940's along with some of Outerbridges experimentations with the nude.

Remember also, there in NOT a image method (particularly in 
photography) that was invented that there isn't SOMEONE out there 
making use of currently, no matter how archaic it may be.  Sometimes 
the message IS the medium, others the medium is just what's available.

Cleavis in AZ.
More alter (er, later ;-) )