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Re: [Digital BW] Good Digital Prints, a little OT?

2006-09-24 by bwinkjet

T

A flawed masters print is great, but a flawless one is better (if one 
is available.)

Paul

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, T 
<griller1_99@...> wrote:
>
> That gets me thinking. Is it content or whether a photo has flaws?  
What are we really looking for..?
>    
>   T
> 
> jlk4410 <Jlkmmw@...> wrote:
>           I saw the Walker Evans show this week and I was 
flabbergasted! The quality of the prints is 
> very high, both conventional & inkjet are wonderful, and I found 
two inkjet prints that 
> showed micro-banding and one that had posterization in the shadow 
area. IMHO these prints 
> were fatally flawed and should not have been on exhibit, they 
detracted from the other high 
> quality prints on display.
> With all the press I've seen about this exhibit, I am suprised that 
no one has mentioned these 
> prints. Are people seeing the work?
> I will leave it to others to argue about re-interpreting Evans 
work, I enjoyed the show. and if 
> Digital printing is to be accepted then the craftmanship must be 
flawless.
> 
> Julian Kaiser
> NYC
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