Digital BW, The Print

Stephen

Thanks for taking the time to answer my question,
you've been a great help

Regards

Steve


--- Stephen Petegorsky <petegorsky@...>
wrote:
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Steve - In my experience, an edition usually refers to
a specific image
printed in a specific way and at a specific size. 
Some people who make a
small edition of an image and then wish they had made
a larger one get
around the issue by producing another print at a
different size, etc.

The whole edition thing is a little strange in
photography, as I'm sure you
know.  Originally, sets of prints were limited in
their numbers because an
etching or engraving plate or a stone for a lithograph
wore down as
successive prints were made, so that it simply wasn't
possible to go beyond
a certain number of prints before there was a loss in
image quality.  With
negatives and digital files, that obviously doesn't
happen.  I think it's
more about business than about art - dealers and
collectors feel that
something has more value, and can thus be sold for a
higher price, if it
exists in limited quantity.

Maybe you've even seen a price structure where the
first prints in an
edition sell for a certain amount, and the next ones
go for more money as
the edition runs out. Ah, capitalism...


Stephen Petegorsky



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