Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "mkravit" 
but 
> remember that the film is not the medium of display. Sure 
T-Max 100 
> can capture 22 stops of light, but the papers we print on are 
limited 
> to much less.


One other interesting observation after this NY show -- I think this 
digital revolution is going to have a positive financial effect on 
artists who are selling GSP sliver prints.

Before digital, silver was "contemporary". Now there's been a 
leapfrog action, and digital is now the "current state". Silver has 
now been pushed back one generation, which in gallery terms, 
makes it "older" and therefore more valuable. (I saw a large 
Robert Frank print on the wall there; cracked emulsion, yellowed 
highlights from processing. Next to the giant colorful 
Cibachromes and CPrints, the Frank print seemed almost Julia 
Margaret Cameron in nature).

The same is also true for the salt prints, and bromoils, and gum 
prints. They are now "third" in generation, and even more 
valuable. Janet Borden Inc gallery had a large collection of old 
prints like this, priced between $15k and $250k. (Whether they 
sold or not is another matter though).

http://www.janetbordeninc.com/

I guess the day will come when holographic instant images are 
the "new thing", and digital lose its place as the current method. 
Couple that, with the fact that we might be dead by then, and at 
time, you'll REALLY see our prints sell for outlandish amounts...

MTucker