Digital BW, The Print

on 2/5/02 1:43 AM, sdmey4@... wrote:

> Many of you may have seen the adds for limited edition Silver prints from
> Lenswork publishing for 39.00. Well, I ordered one last Oct\nov and sort of
> forgot about it.
> It arrived today. I bought a Huntington Witherill 11x14 silver print from the
> Botanical dances series for 39.00. These are made from digital contact
> negatives. This sucker has a beautiful quality. Its about 10x13printed on a
> 16x20 sheet of what looks like Kodak fine art Silver paper. Only with an 8x
> loupe can a see any kind of screen pattern. Its not the type of image to
> judge critical sharpness but it really has that silver richness.
> I need to find out more on how this is done. I plan on buying more of them,
> they really are a bargain and very well done.
> If any one from lenswork is lurking, where are you getting the negs made? any
> workshops? 
> Makes me rethink this ink stuff! For the moment anyway.
> Steven Meyers

Steve,

I haven't seen first hand any of those prints but I've been meaning to buy
some. They do seem to be under priced. I too have been frustrated by "this
ink stuff" lately. It happens sometimes when I work an ink print for a
looong time trying to get it right, then I stumble across an old silver
print that's just better, and I know I didn't fuss it as much...

The digital/silver does seem to be a great compromise. Isn't it scary how
cheap they sell those for? Is it because they are "tainted" by the digital
hand? How much would they sell for if they were Piezo prints, or god forbid,
MISprints?

Sometimes I think of the time and money I've put into this stuff when I
already had a kickin' darkroom....Still I always hated washing and
pressing... No wonder they cost more....

Todd