Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]True, Eric. I don't think that the suggestion was that there wouldn't be the opportunity to learn darkroom technique, but rather that it would eventually cease to be required. And, I don't know how good an analogy that painting example is...Painting is in and of itself a form of artistic expression - see, or imagine something, then use brush and paints to express your vision....photography is in and of itself an artform....it might be argued that wet printing v. digital printing is a technique within the artform....their are painting techniques, tools, paints, that fall from favor...so it may be with wet printing....perhaps... - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Eric Welch Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 10:59 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Younger photographers and Leica rangefinders At 10:06 AM 2/16/99 -0500, you wrote: >And speaking of young photographers - my daughter, a sophomore photo major >at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts here in beantown, commented >yesterday that her color teacher recently told the class that they comprise >what is probabaly the "last generation of students" who will be >learning/doing wet printing ... interesting... Now there's an art teacher who lacks vision. They still teach painting, no? Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Is reading in the bathroom considered Multi-Tasking?