Digital BW, The Print

Your description of students shooting LF, made me wonder something.

I'm not so interested in the progress of digital in the "pro" and 
"consumer"
markets. Understandable.  And reasonably well described and report on.

But what's the medium of choice for "fine art" photographers, whether
"pro" or "serious amateur?"   Or rather, why are these folks going digital
or sticking with film (or both, which I suspect is common with this
demographic)?  How does color or B&W orientation effect the choice
of medium?  Who is printing digitally or sticking with the darkroom?

Scott


BKPhoto@... wrote:

> Guys-
>
>   I can tell you that college and university students, at least those
> I've talked with over the past two years, are embracing large format
> film-based photography with a real passion. I think this is, in part, a
> reaction to digital. It also speaks to their attachment for working in
> the wet darkroom. Lastly, the internet has made it possible for people
> interested in alternative processes to communicate on a level unheard
> of before.
>
>   Marshall McLuhan understood this phenomena perfectly: old technologies
> never die, they become art forms.
>
>