Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley" 
<mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> Aside from the wonderful and varied pieces of art in this 
portfolio, 
> this represents a remarkable set of first class example of what 
can 
> be obtained with a wide variety of tools and materials.


No kidding, Martin. Speaking of tools, can you recommend an 
eraser that could remove signatures from print surfaces? I'm 
gonna take all 31 of these and stick them on ebay and try to 
recoup some of the money I've blown in search of the ultimate 
ink and paper!

Not to single anyone out, but I was pretty taken by Paul Roark's 
print of that tree stump. Shocking amount of detail, and no sign 
of any dots. PLUS, it was made on a lowly 3000! Good job...

I was also taken by the amount of time that people took writing 
and preparing the descriptions on the backs of the prints. Some 
of these were almost as impressive as the fronts. If you don't 
remember, I was the geek that wanted to "standardize" the 
forms, so that everyone's was the same. Tucker, get a clue.

This whole thing reminds of the spirit of "Shots" magazine; that 
little newsprint photography magazine that's made up of various 
photographers from around the country. The whole package just 
glows with the spirit of the great adventure of photography; it's 
slapped me out of my cynicism a bit today, (but I'm sure I'll gain it 
back).

I look forward to tonight, when I can sit down with them all, have 
a nice glass of Single Barrel Jack Daniels, and have one of 
those rare moments of being reminded what photography is all 
about.

Thanks, everyone who contributed.

-Mark Tucker