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[Digital BW] Re: dont think inkjet prints do the trick

2005-06-06 by Clayton Jones

Hello Tyler,

>High dmax has never been one of the attributes of matte surface 
>art..."Beautiful" blacks, on the other hand, are and have been. 
>We are currently surpassing platinum print dmax, one of the most 
>beautiful photographic print processes...a very old timer might 
>say silver never rose to the level of platinum.

>Many extraordinary artists (some of them darkroom masters) can 
>see the beauty of these prints and are in full acceptance of 
>them if it makes their particular imagery sing.

>I for one am not looking for an equalizer, for me these are 
>already better for many images, and have been for some time.

Beautiful!  Thank you, could not have been said better.  I'm adding
this to my archive of important writing on the subject.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

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