Digital BW, The Print

Maybe I'm all wet here, but most of the prints in most of the archives 
of fine-art photographers I've been through and most of the wet 
printing I've done for others has been on air-dried type F. I see very 
few ferrotyped prints. Granted, EEM doesn't look like air-dried glossy 
paper, but I wouldn't consider the lack of a shiny surface basis for 
criticism.

All the best,

Robbe

On Apr 20, 2005, at 3:02 PM, SteveZ wrote:

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> Today I met with an old associate of mine, he owns a local framing
> store, but his specialty is fine art photography and portraiture.
> Originally from eastern Europe, where he received his training in
> traditional, analogue photography/print making, he now makes his
> living in Canada, still shooting film with wet dark room processing.
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> I had him look at some of my digital b&w prints done on EEM paper
> with my 2200, and he was impressed, except for one thing:
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> "No Glossy Paper."
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> I suppose in his mind, a black and white print does not have much
> merit unless it's produced on glossy or semi-gloss photographic
> paper.  He suggested I make some prints on semi gloss paper as an
> experiment and and I told him I would try and show him the results.
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> What are your opinions about using glossy media for fine art prints?
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> Do any of you use this media and if so for what applications?
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> What about the "bronzing" issue? How do I overcome this
> problem?
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> Please speak your minds.