Digital BW, The Print

I too, view this review as somewhat negative.  In the curatorial art world
the ³vintage² print is always king.  I¹ve seen some really bad vintage
prints by blue chip photographers including Walker Evans and Andre Kertesz
just to name two.  Lots of classic photographers were not very good in the
darkroom.  I¹ve seen vintage Evan¹s prints that were brown and yellow due to
poor processing at auction, and collectors preferred them to more modern
prints that were not only printed better, but also processed properly.
If the ease of making larger prints existed years ago ( during the heyday of
Evans, Stieglitz, Strand, and the other classic photographers), I¹m sure
many of them would have opted for making larger prints.  There are some
great Steichen gum bichromate prints that are in the 16 x 20 size range that
date to the very early part of the 20th century.
Of course different size prints are viewed differently, and just making a
mediocre print as big as a wall certainly doesn¹t help it.
Just my 2 cents.
David Aschkenas

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David Aschkenas
915 N. Euclid Ave.
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412-363-3458

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