Digital BW, The Print

Oh sure, the whole preciousness gallery vintage criteria would amuse
Evans since he was never interested in process in the first place.
History, politics, and literature, yes, process, no.

The fact is his lenses were never that sharp and his technique never
that refined. His genius was in his commitment to social issues, the
connection to American literature, and European innovations like
Surrealism. He was never a fine print guy and the brilliance of his
work had nothing to do with that.

I wish I had some of those Library Of Congress 8x10 negatives to scan
and output. Now that would be fun.

john


> majority of Evan's prints weren't made by him, so the part about Bach 
> being Bach doesnt quite hold up. As well, many of the vintage FSA 
> period prints around were made by FSA/OWI lab printers and the choice 
> of printing "style" was not always Evan's choice)
> 
> tim a
> 
> BTW - you can download and print many of the files yourself from the 
> LOC - or else order your own scans or prints quite cheaply.
> 
> I have a few on my wall I printed a number of years ago now. (might 
> be a good ebay business - though I see someone is already kinda doing 
> it)
>