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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Film Developing Recommendations

2007-08-21 by Peter De Smidt

Being a great artist and understanding the science underlying the art 
are two very different things.  For example, Theresa Airey wrote a book 
called /Creative Photo Printmaking/, and she has some outstanding work 
in it.  On page 40, though, she says of processing infrared film: "Once 
you use the fixer, store it in a separate jug labeled "Infrared Film 
Fix." This way, you won't contaminate your other films with infrared 
radiation." :-)       This is not meant to imply that any specific 
person here has a misguided understanding of inkjet printing. I 
certainly don't know enough to reasonably claim any such thing.  But, 
putting on my epistemologist hat,  it's simply false that impressive 
artistic credentials provide evidence that someone's understanding of 
the science behind their art is correct.

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