Digital BW, The Print

I am sure that the loss ot platinum and palladium was mourned and to 
recreate the look and feel of the great prints in this media with fiber 
based silver emulsion paper became quest for the holy grail. Of course 
it was never duplicated but fiber base silver paper was accepted for its 
own unique beauty.

Today, injet prints are new and to duplicate the look a feel of fiber 
base silver paper has become the new quest for the holy grail. But like 
in the past they will be recogonizied for their own unique beauty.

It all gets down to the vision of the photographer and the quality of 
his craft. Edward Weston could have printed B&W on a paper towel using 
an cheapo HP 852C printer and it would have still been a masterpiece.

Truman

James Irelan wrote:

> My feeling on wet darkroom vs digital is that while digital may never
> be able to exactly equal what a silver gelatin paper looks like- the
> materials are different, after all- and while silver gelatin papers are
> indeed beautiful, the editing capabilities of working digitally are so
> superior (especially if they are informed by long experience in the
> darkroom), and the ink/paper combinations, while different from
> silver/gelatin, are also beautiful in their own right, that ultimately
> digital wins; it not only matches fiber printing, it surpasses it.  I
> have proven it to myself;  I have been able to improve on my darkroom
> prints with digital versions.  On my wall I have two (different)
> high-key portraits side by side.  One is gelatin/silver, the other
> digital.  People can't tell which is which.
>
> James Irelan
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We imitate our masters only because we are not yet masters ourselves, 
and only

because in doing so we learn the truth about what cannot be imitated.

 



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