Digital BW, The Print

Frank in NJ,

Right on.  Magazines are lithographs, not photographs.  The original transparency, or piece of film was the photograph.  But the reproductions in the magazines are lithographs.

This realization came to me some twenty-five years ago.  I had a both at an arts and crafts fair, and it was a requirement that each person exhibiting do some sort of demonstration.  I took an Alto's Easy Matte, and my Seal 160M press and demonstrated print finishing.  Cutting mattes, and mounting prints on backing board.  It was a statement a visitor made in my booth which made me aware of what the was being mounted.  His statement to his children was, "See, he is cutting pictures out of magazines, and mounting them to cardboard".  Even though they were my original, darkroom made prints, I was made aware that a print is a print to most people.

I was first hurt by his statement; then after thinking about it, if he thought these were magazine reproductions, they must be pretty good to fool him.

Ben




      

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