Digital BW, The Print

I see large and very large digital prints in perhaps half of the
prominent Santa Fe NM galleries that show a lot of photos. 

I'm aware of three that show inkjet only or primarily, one that shows
digital/laser Ektacolor/Ciba murals. I'm aware of two that show
vintage silver/etc only (Russell etc), one that shows only the
photographer's own very fine silver prints, and one that has shown 
inkjet and silver/etc but seems moving toward vintage-big-names-only,
which means no inkjet and, perhaps, no young photographers. 

The low cost of inkjet prints allows photographers readily to show 
huge prints...size is said to be good for sales if the image is
worthwhile to begin with. Most buyers are said to like strong images,
not images they need to peer closely into. They're rarely collectors,
they often just  buy photographs for the same reason they buy
paintings, for room decor...a small print in a frame is not decor,
it's just something obscure in a frame. My favorite inkjet gallery
sells small (11X14) prints in racks and hangs large prints
(16X20-4'X6')...all the work of the obviously very successful gallery
owner/photographer...I actually want one of her $400.00 20X30 inkjet
prints, which seems nuts :-)

Djon


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> I must say that in the last 10 galleries I have visited only 3 had
inkjet
> prints (colour or B&W).  I too am interested in what people see out
> there....
> 
> 
> > From: jonnytenz <jonnytenz@y...>
> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 18:04:33 -0000
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Digital BW] quality prints for gallerys
> > 
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > O.K i've seen top quality  ink  prints or dye transfer prints
> > in color , and usauly in large format in local gallerys.
> > I have seen a few street vendors selling their work in inkjet
> > prints, though lately some photographers are advertising
> > that there prints are -REAL- photographs on REAL photo paper.
> > 
> > Now as far as color prints go I have seen some beutiful stuff made in
> > injet prints ( but I'm never really sure what proccess was used
> > lately).
> > 
> > But I've yet to see any blake and white home brought machine made
> > prints for sale in any of the local or commercail gallerys in NYC.
> > 
> > I'm all for inkjet prints and thats what I have been using
> > lately,though mostly for convinence.
> > question is, before I get too involved in inkjet printing -
> > how well do so called inkjet prints sell?... not that I have great
> > shots for sale, but I;m  curious. Thanks for responding in advance.
> > jten
> > 
> >