Digital BW, The Print

That is the difference between us. I would certainly like my prints to outlive me 
by as long as possible. I have a friend who said the exact same thing 20 years 
ago about her 20x24 polaroids done in Cambridge.  Now they are green and 
she wishes she had them back , but they are gone. The type c prints died just 
about as quickly. I've looked at a lot of fine prints that are from the 16th - 19th 
centuries and I"m glad they outlived their authors. As to sprays and uv 
varnishes, they are available in non-toxic non-solvent forms now so that is no 
reason to avoid them. We live in a throw away culture so that is what most 
people respond to and that is fine for 90% of the photo based work being 
produced. That work shouldn't last anyway and take up valueable earth space 
above ground. Wilhelm's figures could very well be off by 50%, they have 
been in the past. Finally, these coatings are far more important for color work 
OR monochrome work that contains a color content. As Pauls numbers about 
"carbon content" in ultrachrome pointed out from Epson's own data sheets, 
there is carbon and then there is carbon...




> Nuts to that idea amigo; you wanna breath that garbage for the next few 
> years, have at it-I'll settle for "uncoated behind glass", numbers. 
> That pretty much covers the rest of my lifspan, the rest of most 
> buyer's lifespans and most of their next generation. Enough already!
> 
> Steven Karafyllakis