Digital BW, The Print

At 04:22 AM 4/23/2005, John Bergholm wrote:

>Just my opinion, but it seems to me that using fancy words like giclee
>or carbon pigment prints is an attempt at covering up and "hiding" the
>fact that we are making inkjet prints - why, because we are embarassed
>by our media?  i refuse to buy into the gelatin silver crowd's
>ascertion that inkjet prints aren't worthy.  make your prints the
>absolute best they can be and call them 'archival inkjet prints' with
>pride.  only when we've proven the quality of our printing will the
>term begin to carry a more positive connotation.

On the use of the word "giclee", I agree.  It's pretentious and 
meaningless.  Also, it's been coopted by artists who use it to mean a 
digital copy of a painting.

I call my photographic prints "Inket carbon prints" and "Inkjet pigment 
prints".  In both cases, I want to differentiate the medium from  what is 
produced from a simple inkjet printer with dye based inks that will fade 
quickly.  I believe that the words I use are meaningful and accurate.  And 
if they start a discussion ... then good.  Buyers of my prints should be 
confident that the prints will last, that the ink won't fade or the paper 
crumble.  Buyers are interested to learn that my black and white prints are 
actually composed of real grays as well as black, and that different color 
pigments have different characteristics.


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