Digital BW, The Print

Todd, 

Another excellent post.  That one should go into the forum archives for future reference (Martin?)  I have not seen it put better.

Steadman
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Todd Flashner 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 12:26 AM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: A Call for Standards (The End)


  on 10/14/01 12:23 AM, Mark Tucker wrote:

  > I'm just shocked that more people aren't concerned with
  > this issue.

  Mark 

  All of us are as concerned with this as you are, perhaps we've just been
  discussing it longer, and have made our peace with it by now.

  How ya gonna know what's best? There are just too many variables at play,
  and many of these products haven't been on the market long enough to have
  yielded meaningful records yet.

  I could list products in descending order of how long I expect them to last,
  but I won't because I'm likely to be wrong, and it's a disservice to those
  products my guesses underestimate. You should be leery of all estimates of
  life expectancy because they are all based upon tests over a very limited
  period of time and environmental conditions. Yes that sounds like that
  implies that they are fugitive, but who knows, we may find some of these
  inkjet prints will outlive silver in the long run! It's possible.

  I think one has to be willing to approach this with it's uncertainty, or not
  take it on at all. You have to be willing to make and sell an inkjet print
  the same way an artist is willing to make and sell a water color; they know
  it's fragile, but it gives their work a character that they can't get with
  oils. So even though it might not last as long as an oil painting, they do
  it anyway, because it's wonderful for what it IS.

  That said, my integrity tells me to use the materials I guess will last the
  longest, while still allowing me to work in a medium I enjoy. My guess is
  that the carbon quads fit that bill for me, but that is not an endorsement,
  as your guess is as good as mine.

  Sorry I can't offer you more comfort. It's kinda like current affairs: there
  is the possibility of imminent threat, but you're best served by carrying on
  with a sense of normalcy. That may sound weak, risky, and ironic, but so is
  modernity, so is life.

  Maybe Martin's didn't go far enough; if you want the longest life span, you
  should do platinum prints.

  But is longevity really the end all?

  Todd


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