Digital BW, The Print

I saw the Walker Evans Carbon and Silver show in the lobby of the UBS
building in NYC yesterday (51st and 6th).  It has a relatively large
number of Evans prints and a display of some his cameras and I found
it very worthwhile.

While my eye may be less discriminate than the previous poster's, I
was not troubled by posterization in the digital prints.  One print
aside, the problem was visible only in the very large prints (measured
in feet rather than inches) and not from a normal viewing distance.  

There were a number of these very large prints (Joe's Auto Graveyard)
among others that were very striking.  It made me see Evan's work in a
new light. That was especially true for the famous shot of the studio
window with all of the small prints in it.  There was also at least
one (perhaps more) opportunities to compare traditional and digital
prints of the same photo.  As has been repeated endless times on this
list, they simply are different.  I felt that in more than one
instance the digital prints had a greater tonal range and more
luminosity than the tradional silver prints.  

Again, what was interesting was the chance to compare the two
processes and to see another slant on Evan's work.  If you are in the
area it is worth a visit.  

Steve