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Re: [Digital BW] what to call these prints?

2004-08-03 by Randy Rancier

I know Museums like descriptive names.  I like the following that I 
think are descriptive:

Digital Carbon Print
Digital Carbon on Rag (or cotton) paper
Digital Carbon Pigment Print
("Digital" being optional)
Carbon print (Piezography process)-As mentioned before
Carbon based pigment print

or any combination of the above that works.
What ever name you use I think it needs to say "Craftsmanship"; and 
not the common, "anybody do this stuff" (inkjet).

I don't like the word inkjet, because of misconceptions, and I think 
it will cheapen peoples impressions of the print; "Hey I got one of 
them at home".  Not good if you are selling your work!  People buying 
prints like to think they are getting something special.  You don't 
see a "Weston" labeled in a Museum as "Kodak B&W Print" even though 
it is, no it says "Gelatin Silver Print".
Randy


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Arthur Fink 
<arthur@a...> wrote:
> At 01:17 PM 8/3/2004, Tim Atherton wrote:
> 
> > > I put on my labels
> > >
> > >          Carbon print (Piezography process)
> > >
> > > And for color prints using pigment inks
> > >
> > >          Pigment print
> >
> >same problem I outlined below here - unless you clearly specify 
the inkjet
> >or piezo process (as you do in the top one)
> >
> >there are existing, long established Carbon Print and Pigment Print
> >processes (which also happen to be some of the most long lasting
> >photogrpahic process around - which is why some critics have 
whispered
> >"deception" - something I disagree with - but the label is out 
there - I
> >think it's down to lack of knowledge of photogrpahic processes in 
most
> >cases)
> 
>          Would you prefer
> 
>                  Carbon inkjet print (Piezography process)
> 
>                  Pigment inkjet print
> 
>          Does the word "inkjet" hurt?  Many people assume that
>          inkjet means fading, and poor quality.  We need to
>          educate, but I'm not sure that the print label is
>          where to do that.
> 
> 
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