Digital BW, The Print

My only experience with John is taking a printing class from him.  He is
indeed a fine printer and photographer, and I think he's just stating the
obvious.  If "somehow" we could get a print out of those inkjets on paper
that looked and felt exactly like a gelatin silver print (say the old
air-dried Oriental Seagull graded papers, not that plastic RC crap), but
with the advantage of digital post-production, I would guess that a large
number of people on this list would ditch the PhotoRag et al.  It's just a
balance.  I like my inkjet prints once they are behind glass (after the
memory of the Arnold Newman and Brett Weston exhibits I saw this week fades
a little...), especially with the bonus of closing the darkroom. 

 --Ken

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> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
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> Behalf Of hogarth@...
> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 9:54 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] John Sexton's comment on B&W print
> 
> I hate to say this because I've got the utmost repect for 
> John Sexton. 
> He is the consumate darkroom printer. There are few in his 
> league when it comes to a fine silver gelatin print.
> 
> But... follow the money. Sexton's entire career is based on 
> silver gelatin. The workshops he teaches are about silver 
> gelatin printing. I don't recall seeing him offer a workshop 
> on any other topic (he might well have, but if so I haven't 
> seen it). He has, for lack of a better way to put it, a 
> vested interest in maintaining the idea that the best B&W 
> prints come from the process he makes his living with.
> 
> I don't blame him for using his influence to support his 
> ideals. But you have to recongnise that his is not an 
> unbiased opinion.