Digital BW, The Print

Jerry,
I beg to differ.

To be academically correct (like from a museum and informative standpoint) they
are inkjet prints using 'carbon pigment' (or whatever) inks.

To use any other term is a marketing ploy.  And that's ok if you recognize the
difference. :-)

Harvey Ferdschneider
partner, SKID Photography, NYC


Jerry Olson wrote:

>  Why not just call them what they are? Carbon Pigment Prints.
>
>
> antonisphoto wrote:
> >
> > Daniel,
> >
> > must've  felt nice to discover you couldn't tell a digital black-and-white
> from a
> > darkroom print. I had the same experience several times, and at least once
> in
> > the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego where a few piezoBW prints
> > were thrown in with wet prints.
> >
> > However, we are still in the era of seeking legitimacy for our prints in the
> world
> > of collectors, museums and galleries. Inkjet prints - especially if you call
> them
> > that and don't use French names for them - don't have the cache of "toned
> > silver prints". Yet.
> >
> > Antonis
> >
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Daniel Perez <tronicart@y...>
> wrote:
> > After a few days, I
> > > decided to take a very close look at it and realized
> > > that it was an inkjet print! Ah-ha!  I had this
> > > wonderful revelation, that, to some extent put me at
> > > ease.
>





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