Digital BW, The Print

Henry Wilhem reported at an inkjet seminar that I once attended that the French do not 
use the French word Giclee ( to spray ) in reference to digital prints, because the word is 
considered vulgur. So I just call mine "ejaculation prints" and leave it at that.




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Perry McNeal" <pjmcneal@m...> 
wrote:
> Hello Group,
> 
> In response, has anyone considered "Archival Ink Print"?
> 
> Perry
> 
> 
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Eclipse Agency <eclipseagency@s...>
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: 8/14/2004 10:12:38 PM
> > Subject: [Digital BW] 2 cents for names
> >
> > Hey Group:
> >
> > On many occasions, I have asked shows/galleries to suggest what they would
> > call them which makes one seem considerate and accomodating instead of
> > insisting on a name that will only create more questions than answer. 
> Most
> > prefer Giclee and if that's what they what their clients/viewers have come
> > to know as inkjet prints, then I don't want to confuse and happily go
> along.
> >
> >
> > However, for those who feel that more of a distinction be made I humbly
> > offer a few suggestions. If a show/catalog/website has many reproductions
> > listed as Giclee, I don't want my work to seem misrepresented so I then
> call
> > it something else to set it apart.  For the uneducated (none my buyers are
> > art critics or jurors) who may not be familiar with the term, I think
> giclee
> > can become just as confusing when trying to explain what my prints are.   
> >
> > I call them:   Fine Ink Print (Fine being for archival quality and Ink for
> > being descriptive of the nature of process) or for those photographs I
> have
> > transformed digitally into what looks like a painting I call those:  Fine
> > Photographic Ink Print  because I don't want people to think I am a
> painter
> > and to know that the art is based on photography.  
> >
> > This is used for both BW/Color prints.  By not calling them Carbon Ink
> Print
> > I have avoided confusion with the traditional carbon process and many
> > questions of what carbon ink is and all that.  If questions of archival
> > quality and ink used is raised I'm happy to inform as well.  I think most
> > people just want to know it's a high quality print (not made on a cheap
> home
> > inkjet) and I think Fine Ink Print is short and sweet.  If you call it a
> > "fine" print then I think it's assumed by both parties that the print
> should
> > endure and not crumble or fade.  
> >
> > So that's my two cents worth.  Not that I'm right or wrong, is just what I
> > do and the thinking behind it.  Have enjoyed the discussion on this and
> now
> > I'm no longer a lurker. 
> > Regards, 
> > Eclipse Agency 
> >
> >
> >
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