Digital BW, The Print

Jerry,

I was over at my parent's house last week. We were going through a number of
their olf albums. There was a color portrait of my dad when he was in High
School in 1950. I think he was 17 at the time. The photo was faded and a bit
tattered. It had a certain charm that old photo's have. It is now 52 years
old, should I call the photographer and scold lecture him about archival
practices.

There were also B/W images that had yellowing in the paper. Did not look
like fixing problems, just paper yellowing. The point is, none of us are
forever, neither is photography, oil paintings, water color paintings,
pastels, charcoals, etc.

Sure let's strive for images that last, but let's not get obsessed with the
subject.

Mike


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