Digital BW, The Print

stephenpho@... wrote:

> Today, I met two young professional photographers just starting their
> business. They stopped at my display booth, at a country fair where I 
> display 

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they have NEVER SHOT FILM AND couldn't CARE LESS IF THEY EVER DID AGAIN 
THEN ONE
ASKED WHY WOULD YOU SHOOT FILM?   I said good question.

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OTOH, my good friend's son went off to art school last
year and took with him an old Zeiss folder.  And his dad is
pretty much a hardcore Lisp and Unix computer nerd. So
some of the youngsters out there still have a little class :-)

Am I the only one who finds this whole "debate" pretty
meaningless?  The whole world is going disposable chinese
shoes and clothes, but who cares if one continues to pay a
premium for long lasting Allen Edmonds or nice brands of
italian shoes or other well made clothing?  Will all the nicer
shoe and clothing makers be driven out of business by the
lack of economies of scale or something? Sure, maybe, why
not?  But it's no reason to head on down to PayLess right
now, as far as I can see.  I'll continue to plonk down my $$
at J. Press for real Irish tweed jackets until they shut their
doors :-)

As for the whole "bandwagon" mentality, I just don't view
any of my photographic activities as hitching my wagon to
any particular horse (or is it vice versa?), including "digi
printing."  If I  come to have room for a wet darkroom
sometime in the future, I'm likely to give it a whirl. 

I imagine the vast majority of folks on this list are hobbyists
or artists - which means they can do just about whatever the hell
they feel like to produce the results they are personally looking
for. Little logic need apply.

Caveat: If, OTOH, the "traditionalists" are dis'ing the new media,
I'd gladly say that that is entirely innapropriate as well.

Scott

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