Digital BW, The Print

Hi Graham,

The printmaking is within very easy reach. I doubt the "great" part
has much changed.
Still requires great subject, great execution, great vision and we
haven't come to the print part yet. That requires all the previous
plus all the historical factors you mentioned plus a new knowledge set
gained exactly the same way all knowledge is gained-ie:work,lots of
it. You will probably continue to see about the same split that
existed before, I suspect.

I don't know about the internets effects except to say that the
electronic world still has footprints left in the sand. If the
problems reach a significant level in the view of the larger
commercial entities it would probably be resolved. There is no doubt
whatsoever that governmental entities around the world are right now
working feverishly on tracking miscreants for different reasons.

Regards
Duane

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Graham"
<gakousei53@h...> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> There used to be a real difference between the prints made by
> photographers and prints made by a specialist printer. Some
> photographers with space for a darkroom and time to spend in it
> managed to be both, and controlled the entire image making process.
> The rest of us farmed out the actual image making to photo labs.
> 
> With the advent of digital photography and computerized image making
> it seemed that the distinction between printer and photographer would
> disappear and every photographer would find great print making within
> easy reach. 
> 
> Will the two branches of the craft remain distinct? How will copyright
> be protected with millions of images appearing on the internet?
> 
> Graham Telfer