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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Re: [Digital BW] what to call these prints?
2004-08-03 by Randy Rancier
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