Digital BW, The Print

Good Job Clayton,

Just goes to show how uninformed and careless these gallery people can be. Brandt would 
turn over in his grave.

We had a show here  in a major photo gallery where they were showing LIghtjet or Lamda 
prints of a well known artist. I know they were digital because they had terrible banding in 
the tonal transitions, the kind which only digital files can produce. It was obvious to me 
and my students. Those were the kind of prints we would throw in the trash immediately 
and I would make em rescan em. When I asked the gallery owner and director how they 
were made she said " oh they are just color darkroom prints, type c prints I believe, I think 
they are type c prints, but they certainly aren't created digitally". Now that blew my mind 
because they were obviously bad scans and we were really laughing about it.

You would think that someone who is responsible for communicating WHY and under what 
conditions these artists are selling prints for many thousands of dollars that they would do 
their homwork, but I guess that's to much to ask of them. I imagine they think rich people 
don't care about these things or its not a priority.......

In your case what they did was like a kid stealing his homework off the web and getting 
caught. I love when that happens. But at least they admitted it. I guess it was too poorly 
stolen to even deny. You should ask for a Brandt print in order not to publish an open 
letter response to their carelessness. They would probably give one to you ( but it would 
be Ultrachrome and you probably wouldn't want it? )

John

PS - Why won't my text wrap in Safari, it looks horrible. My IE is no longer functioning and 
apparently MS is not updating it for Mac anymore. What are you guys using for browsers.






--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mark Savoia <mark@c...> wrote:
> Justice. That's great!
> 
> On Jul 20, 2005, at 9:20 AM, Clayton Jones wrote:
> 
> > John,
> >
> > >At least they should give you a source credit or reference Clayton.
> >
> > Good news.  I sent an email to the Fahey Klein Gallery and the Bill
> > Brandt Archive.  The gallery owner responded immediately saying they
> > agreed with me, but that the press release was written by the Bill
> > Brandt Archive in London and they will surely respond.  This morning I
> > received the following:
> > ______________________________________________
> > Thanks for your email regarding the information on the Bill Brandt
> > carbon print show at the Fahey Klein Gallery and associated
> > information on our website.
> >
> > We are grateful for your site for the added information on this
> > printing process. We have dealt with your comments immediately by
> > adding a reference to your website here
> > <http://www.billbrandt.com/News/Current%20Exhibiti
> > ons/Press%20release/pressreleasefkg.html>
> >
> > and apologise for the lack of prior acknowledgement.
> >
> > We do not condone any kind of copyright infringement and send our
> > sincere apologies for any misunderstanding.
> >
> > kind regards,
> >
> > John-Paul Kernot
> > Director
> >
> > Bill Brandt Archive Ltd
> > 4 Airlie Gardens
> > London W87AJ
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> >
> > The added reference in the press release doesn't actually give credit
> > for the two paragraphs in question, but I don't want to nit pick.
> > What was for me the main objective, to call their attention to it and
> > get some sort of acknowledgement and positive response, has been
> > achieved.  I'm sure the employee who actually penned the press release
> > will hear about it.
> >
> > Thanks for your supportive feedback.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Clayton
> >
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