Digital BW, The Print

I guess there's more money available for these things than I thought.  
 
I did see an original in Santa Fe recently that was a mere $25000, or so.  Had to pass it up, but I overheard a guy on a cell phone trying to convince his wife ( I think) that he need it at such a bargin price.  The Adams family is certainly not getting any part of that $25,000.
 
I guess I agree with Paul that it is an opportunity for the Adams family to make some income from the images.  They certainly are entitled to benefit from Ansels work.  Looks like Ansel did not think about that aspect of it when he put the restrictions on his negatives.  
 
It's be nice if the University of Arizona could figure out a way to make digital prints from the original negatives and put the prints on tour.  Maybe they could do this and still remain within the spirit and intent of Ansel's donations.
 
Tom Baker


--- On Mon, 4/27/09, MICHAEL KIRWAN <mkirwan@...> wrote:

From: MICHAEL KIRWAN <mkirwan@...>
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Ansel Adams Archival Replicas
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, April 27, 2009, 9:31 AM








Tourists from what I saw this past weekend.
 
They see the real thing and the price, then see these and they are sold. Saw lots of tourists carrying many of these in their hands heading to the check out. So in this case, expensive memories of their trip to Yosemite and a cheaper copy of the masters work.
 
Mike

--- On Mon, 4/27/09, Tom Baker <tbaker1328@sbcgloba l.net> wrote:

From: Tom Baker <tbaker1328@sbcgloba l.net>
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Ansel Adams Archival Replicas
To: DigitalBlackandWhit eThePrint@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Monday, April 27, 2009, 8:27 AM

I feel some sense of outrage at what they are doing.  I think it's because I believe that Ansel would not want to be associated with a copy of a print.  If he were still around I think he would embrace top notch neg scans and first rate digital prints.
 
But, what Mathew is doing is not progressing the art or science of photography.  He's just turning out expensive posters.
 
Also, who's going to buy them?  Not serious collectors/photogra phers.  And, they'll be a bit pricey for the average Joe/Josiphine.
 
Tom Baker

--- On Mon, 4/27/09, Ernst Dinkla <edinkla@onsneteind h oven.nl> wrote:

From: Ernst Dinkla <edinkla@onsneteind h oven.nl>
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Ansel Adams Archival Replicas
To: DigitalBlackandWhit eThePrint@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Monday, April 27, 2009, 12:34 AM

Tom Baker schreef:
> How can they possibly make even an acceptable 30x40 print from a 4x6 print, let alone and exceptional print?
> 
> Tom Baker

Without sharpening it is possible ..... if the viewer is at a distance
that makes it a 4x6 again.
With sharpening the texture artefacts of the original print would be
visible but enlarged ......... if the reproduction step was good enough.

And it is correct what Tyler mentions on the use of the "quad" inks,
gloss uses only the PK, Gray and Light Gray on the Z3100.

There was a thread on this some time ago on the LL forum:

http://luminous- landscape. com/forum/ index.php? showtopic= 29848&st= 0

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