[Leica] A bias when collecting photographs

[Don Dory]

Hi Richard,  I am not sure that you would call silver prints coming out of
the Ansel Adams gallery copies.  Adams hired people to print his negatives
to an exact written procedure and they were clearly marked as to who took
the image(Adams) and who printed it.  Not as valuable as a print by the
master but still a very faithful example of what Adams envisioned when he
took and printed the image.  When I was in Yosemite many years ago now 8x10
contact prints were pretty reasonable.

On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 3:46 PM Richard Man <richard at richardman.photo> wrote:

> 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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