Digital BW, The Print

‘Limited Edition ‘is interesting to see the difference view of the same   topic.
  My concern is how we are affected by the technology. In my case I use the photography like a medium to express my self, and sometimes I am intimidated by the competition to make better picture using new technology.
     I want to put this question. Concept Vs Very high quality of the picture. 
  To me is simple I choose concept. The result of the photography is important, but I want to make people fink, nut only look and relax in front of one picture. If your are a commercial photography and you want to impress your costumer is fine, But for artist is very important the concept and the social matter.
  Yoelis.
   


ajberky <alanberkson@...> wrote:          --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jarvis Grant"
<jarvo@...> wrote:
> Brooks Jensen's point of view is an unique and brave approach to the
"commence" of art, check 
> it out at, http://www.brooksjensenarts.com/pigmentonpaper.htm. The 
> interesting thing about Jensen is that he admits being dragged into 
> the "digital world" scratching and screaming! But once there, it was 
> pretty cool, and because his heart was true, he was able to adapt 
> his vision to the "new" technologies. But that's the nature of 
> photography, technology that is always changing.
> 
> In the end, you should choose an approach that best suits your needs 
> in preserving the value of your work in a world of art which is 
> grounded in commerce.
> 
> Jarvis Grant
> Washington, DC
>
Dear Jarvis,
Read your post and followed links to your site. I love your work, and
will peruse your site since I have added it to my bookmarks. We can
discuss more about the philosophy of commerce in art as soon as I can
manage to generate more commerce. In the interim, the information I
have been able to garner from this group and its experts has helped me
develop [and continue to develop] my own sense of how to create prints
to be comfortable with. 
I have been enamored of Brooks Jensen and LensWork for the past few
years. So much so that he encouraged my moving into the realm of
'fine art photographer'. Your link to his site should be
http://www.brooksjensenarts.com/pigmentonpaper.htm [without the
period]. He is an impassioned artist and guru for the rest of the us
meandering in the digital world. His offer on the LensWork Extended
CD and on his website to participate by creating and forwarding a
portfolio was, in fact, rewarded by having mine included on the most
recent CD #67 - New York Cityscapes. This honor, as well as another
when I was chosen for 2 images in the B&W portfolio special issue,
helped me cement my choice to start a website and continue an attempt
at marketing. Like you, I have chosen FolioLink to host my site:
http://www.omages.com and have been quite pleased with the venue. 
The difficulty I have decided about the topic of limited editions is
twofold. Firstly, the website host FolioLink's e-commerce setup asks
us to fill in the number of prints available etc., and is probably
just a cookie cutter approach to appeal to a mass audience. 
But the other point that I would like to make concerns the creation of
an edition in the first place. Mention has been made of changing the
sizes and papers and inks and even printers, but really the image is
the unique form of the art and just how many exactly the same prints
can one really generate for each image in a body of a photographer's
work? Is each variation another edition? 

Hope this is not too confusing to the rest of the group.
Thanks,
Alan
omages.com



         

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