Digital BW, The Print

The silver print is still my standard. But I can't have everything at all times  :  ) I was into lamp blacks and india type inks way before I found photography, so I accept what it can do without any real qualms. Inks are just a old friend in a different process.

gar

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On 4/9/2009 at 5:22 PM Jon Cone wrote:

>At the risk of being accused of sarcasm, what about listening to a string
>orchestra in a concert hall or listening to a recording of a string
>orchestra in a concert hall but through the tiny internal speakers of an
>iPhone using the concert hall ambient settings of its iPod app?
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>Why is this group losing its focus on what makes black & white photography
>so extraordinary?  The Print.
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>Has it been that long for so many that the inherent beauty of an
>exquisitely crafted silver or carbon print is now lost to memory? Or is it
>because the ability to craft one is becoming a lost art as so many
>navigate to printing B&W with color inks on Canon, Epson, HP and Lexmark
>printers?
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>Jon Cone
>InkjetMall.com
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