Digital BW, The Print

At 11:35 AM 2/9/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Exactly when did "Silver Gelatin Print" come into usage and replace
>"Black and White Photograph"?  I never heard the term Silver Gelatin
>until the 80's.
>
>Jerry
>
Jerry,

The exhibition curators make their labels based on whatever the archivists
say it is made of.  
Museum archivists need to keep accurate track of the materials in each piece.  
I think as an art photo print maker I would not use generic or trade names
but names that describe the materials. Carbon-based pigment ink print on rag
paper should be adequate. In that regard I have been told that museums
collect on the basis of artistic merits rather than archival qualities. They
take each piece as it comes and conserve it as required.  Ever wonder why
you need to bring your own flashlight when you go in some museum galleries?
I cringe when I think of all those cyan C-prints.

"Gheeeklaaaay" is an abomination and should be expurged from everywhere
except the likes of Thomas Kincade galleries.
 
AZ


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