Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "marktuckerdotcom" 
<mark@m...> wrote:
 
> My worst favorite was a giant color Cprint, about four feet wide by 
> about six feet high -- a close up of a fishing bait with a face 
> painted on it. It sucked beyond belief. (It probably sold for fifty 
> grand).

I also didn't care for the fishing lure photo. But I overheard the 
gallery owner tell a collector that this photographer's first two 
collections sold out immediately. 

> I saw no print labeled "inkjet"; I saw one print labeled "Giclee". 

I was also disappointed with how few digital prints there were, 
especially given that the stated theme of the show was "From 
daguerrotype to digital. A splendid mix." I missed the "giclee" 
print, but I did see the work of David Fokos, who labels his work 
something like "Fuji crystal archive archival print." Love his work.

> I saw a bunch of beautiful women -- 
> not in the photographs -- roaming around the show.

Amen to that, especially some of the booth hostesses.

> 
> If inkjet is gonna make any inroads, we gotta do something 
> different. Whatever we be doin' now ain't getting the job done. 
> Those galleries look at inkjet just like we look at the subjects of 
> Shelby Lee Adams photographs....

As the David Fokos example indicates, at least some galleries and 
collectors are embracing digital prints, so I'm encouraged by that 
(although his own galleries play down the digital aspect).

> 
> -MTucker (mark@m...)