Digital BW, The Print

I didn't say that you did - I said the subject matter was.  The title says
"glossy" but I think the subject is better described as matte paper or
cotton versus PK ink papers. Don't confuse the use of the term RC here - in
the digital domain RC loosely denotes digital photographic glossy or
semi-gloss/matte paper.  It is not the same thing as the wet process
distinction between fibre and RC.

By your comments, any image that isn't air dried fiber based paper (ie a
traditional analogue print) is not collectible.  This is nonsense.  Anything
which is storable is collectible, particularly that which is scarce and has
great longevity.  More and more galleries are displaying and selling (and
collectors buying) non air dried fibre prints - be they Durst Lamda,
Lightjet, matte paper inkjet or RC paper inkjet (digital definition).  Some
are matte, many have some form of "gloss": semi-matte, semi-gloss, or gloss.

Yes glop may be temporary as may MIS Eboni ink - when something better is
found, all of us (ok there are a few people who think upgrading is a waste
of time!  ;-)  ) will move on.  This is nothing more than moving from one
form of image reproduction to another, in line with all the other stages of
development we have witnessed since photography began.  Oh but be assured it
does serve a purpose (including on semi-matte images - B&W and colour).




> From: Djon <westsidemaurice@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 01:07:19 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] DMax and Glossy Prints - Are We Kidding Ourselves?
> 
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> I didn't "lump" anything. I just said "glossy."
> 
> Glop is a temporary workaround and it doesn't even serve the purposes
> of most photographers, who do after all usually print color and/or
> didn't want to show glossy in the first place.
> 
> The other resin coated surfaces have *never* been considered top
> quality by collectors, but a lot of students have enjoyed the
> convenience, Vs air drying fiber based paper.  RC's always been a
> second-rate material, just a convenience.
> 
> Go to any public gallery: You won't see *any* Pearl and the few
> glossies will mostly be secondary work by photographers who primarily
> favored air dried prints, unless they were press photographers like
> Weegee.
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