[Leica] A bias when collecting photographs

[Richard Man]

Oh yes, I just finally bought a print of Moonrise. I have seen many silver
gelatin copies in galleries and museums, including 24x30 and larger. This
$30 poster is definitely more than good enough.

On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 1:38 PM Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:

> For you personally, I don't see any problem with having a bias. It's just
> what you prefer. No one should dictate whether you should eat sushi or a
> hamburger right? ;-)
>
> Galleries that cater to "dead old photographers" still prefer silver
> gelatin prints. It has a certain cachet that might or might not be there.
>
> OTOH, I am now printing mostly on "fine arts" paper, mostly on kozo and
> washi, and have gone way past "silver gelatin".
>
>
> On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 8:59 AM Richard Clompus via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>
>> I’ve purchased fine art photographs from galleries over the years from
>> photographers that have excited me.  Usually they are from photographers
>> that I read about during my college years.   I’d love to have a silver
>> halide print from Henri Cartier-Bresson or Eugene Smith but at $30,000 USD,
>> they are out of my league and only a dream.
>>
>> Even though there are really nice looking fine art b&w prints from ink
>> jet pigments, I somehow don’t give them as much respect as a silver print
>> when purchasing as a fine art print for my walls.
>>
>> Does anyone else have this bias?
>>
>> Be well,
>> Richard
>>
>> Richard Clompus
>> California
>>
>>
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