Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" <cj@...> wrote:

>
I just picked up this thread and I also prefer smaller prints. Printing on 11x17 paper gives 
me a print big enough for me. I like to get close to prints - to breath them in as it were. I 
might add the cost of mounting, matting, and framing is also much less than for a large 
print. 

Most of my stuff is printed on 8.5x11 paper on the R2400 (great printer!). The Innova 
FibaPrint lineup is the current favorite (try the semi-matte, it has a long tonal range). If I 
can add one shameless plug - I just bought the D40 (not the D40x, I don't need the extra 
megapixels) and it's a dream of a little camera!

Steve
> Tyler,
> 
> >...I'm pretty tired of all this huge stuff, the photographic
> >integrity of the image is often lost, they lose presence and
> >substance. 
> 
> Yes!  Glad to hear you say that.  My epiphany came about 15 years ago
> at an AA exhibit where everything was 16x20 or larger.  I became aware
> of a sense of unease while viewing them and it finally hit me that I
> enjoyed his pics more in a good book on my lap.  That was the
> beginning of my scaling down and experimenting with smaller sizes.  My
> favorite now is a 6x8 image on letter size paper.  Held in the hands,
> it's the same FOV as viewing a 16x20 from about 4 feet.  
> 
> 
> >Many are printing big simply because they can...
> 
> Or are pressured into it by gallery owners and/or buyers.  
> 
> 
> 
> >But many of my favorite things by others are quite small. 
> >Caponigro's latest stuff is amazing...little still lives.
> >I was told Nick's are around 8" square. 
> 
> I'm glad to hear that.  It definitely goes against the mainstream.  Do
> you have to be famous before people will accept small prints? 
> 
> Actually, I think that people who really understand and love
> photography don't care about print size.  Loving photography as an art
> form doesn't have anything to do with filling space over the sofa. 
> For example, I don't recall Szarkowski ever complain about print size
> in any of his books.  I've seen people gush over giant prints as
> "magnificent" that were IMO terrible photos.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>