Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Mark Tucker" 
<mtucker508@y...> wrote:
> --- 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!

I'll trade you a nice magic eraser for all those prints no questions 
asked.
> 
> 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).

Is "Shots" still around? I still have all the early copies but I let 
my subscription slide after Dan Price sold it. The real peak was when 
he was including all his drawings and journal entries. Once that 
dropped out I sort of lost interest. Might be worth checking out 
again.

> 
> 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.
> 
Go for the Booker's 145. ;-)

Martin