Digital BW, The Print

I just added Bill Agee's website http://www.billageestudio.com to the Bookmarks section of the group homepage. I highly recommend you check it out. Some of the very finest B&W infrared work I have seen.

Martin Wesley


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Alan wrote:

>It is more likely that silver prints will become more rare and always
demand
>a higher price.

In general, I agree that scarcity of silver prints would lead to higher
prices. However, as Todd suggests in his comments on this subject, "...it's
about fad, fashion, celebrity, salability, being "hot", and a zillion other
things..." One of those "other things" is alternatives. Who knows what will
be competing with antique silver prints for the collector's/investor's
dollar a couple of generations from now.

In the end, there are so many factors that affect value that we don't always
know for sure how much impact each factor has today, much less a generation
or two hence.

Alan, I'm not sure what you mean by your comment:

>How can the most widely used medium be worth more than a novelty?

Can you elaborate?

Tom Keesling
Intelligent Design, Inc.

Jerry wrote:

>We'll be inkjet pioneers, and as such our work will
>be worth a fortune. (After we're dead, of course).

Hey, Jerry, maybe if we stick around long enough, we can partake in some of
that fortune ourselves!

Tom Keesling
Intelligent Design, Inc.