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Re: Walker Evans prints

2006-10-05 by Clayton Jones

Jack,

> To make a long story short, I was blown away by the quality of the
> show, in general, and the prints, in particular.  Where there were
> silver and digital prints side by side, latter came off VERY well,
> with lots of deep blacks, gradations, and pop.  I found VERY few
> digital blemishes.  The general comments of the viewers were MOST
> complimentary.  I left very relieved.  It was a damn GOOD SHOW!

Thanks for the report, is good to hear about the ink prints holding
their own so well.  It may be that in future silver vs ink
discussions, this show may be mentioned as an example, or a "high
water mark" or something.  The fact that some significant historical
work in both types were shown side by side is new to me.  I don't know
if it's a "first", but it seems more widely publicised than anything
to come before it and it might hold some significance for future
discussions.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

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