Digital BW, The Print

If they were properly processed they held up very well indeed.  The 
other day I was looking through a series of RC 8x10s I made 35 years 
ago-- shots I'd taken of my mother, who passed away in 2007-- and 
they're in superb condition.  

I've seen plenty of prints, both RC and fiber, with chemical staining, 
bleached out areas, tonal shifts, and even the surface flaking away, and 
it always comes back to their having been incompetently or carelessly 
processed-- left far too long in the fixer, inadequately washed, etc. 

For many years I've had hanging on a wall in my home office the first 
print I ever made in my first darkroom-- I was 14 at the time, and it 
was a winter closeup I'd taken in the woods of an unusually-shaped 
icicle.  That print has survived not only a lot of years, but 
considerable UV assault, as two of the room's walls are glass, one with 
a southern exposure and the other to the west looking directly out over 
the ocean.  The print's in great shape. 

But I was taught darkroom procedure by a demanding pro who was an 
absolute perfectionist and couldn't abide or in any way tolerate sloppy 
work or cut corners.  And thank G-d for that.

Take care,

Shoshanna
Gold Beach - South Coast of Oregon
http://www.pbase.com/shoshanna




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Jules wrote:
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>
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> Before digital We used to sell expensive quality prints on fibre 
> papers and cheap ones on resin coated. The RC ones often turned brown 
> after a couple of years. Need I say more?
> Jules
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>, "wlh_1" 
> <will@...> wrote:
> >
> > With all of the talk about longevity of papers I was wondering how 
> do Resin Coated (RC) photo(inkjet) papers stack up? Is there any info 
> out there about this or any first hand experience by members of this 
> group.
> >
> > Thanks
>



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