RE: [Leica] Re: dry & wet darkroom :-()-:

[Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>]

Rob -

You are just using the wrong terminology.  Mine are not computer prints - 
they are piezography prints made with pigment-based inks.  On watercolor or 
handmade papers, they look even more handprinted than a darkroom 
print.  The creativity part comes in when you decide to press the 
shutter.  It's still there whether you print the negative in a darkroom or 
through a computer.  To say that the creativity is only the mechanical 
process - whether it is darkroom or computer - is to say that anyone can 
duplicate it.  My piezography prints come closer to what I saw in my mind 
when I decided to press the shutter so, to me, they are the most 
creative.  Many galleries now accept 
computer/glicee/inkjet/piezography/whatever-you-want-to-call-them prints 
and I'm sure more will jump in when they realize that inkjet prints are 
selling at other galleries for the same prices as darkroom prints.  With 
the right ink on the right paper, inkjet prints are as archival as darkroom 
prints, by the way.

Tina




At 05:13 PM 10/17/00 -0400, you wrote:
>but collectors ( and I include myself in the fine arts area as opposed to
>the commercial {I'm not trying to alienate anyone, only pointing out who my
>clientele are]) can't see past the handprinted photo. there is mystique, a
>sense of craftsmanship, a process that can't be duplicated by themselves
>(they perceive that they can emulate an epson print because they have a
>computer, although I do know how hard that is to do - at least the first
>dozen times). as far as creativity is concerned, I feel there is more
>creativity in the wet darkroom than on computer (I know, but I work on
>computers all day long also!) and that creativity I judge to be worth more
>than an epson photo. Tina, as far the cost of your computer, printer, inks,
>paper, time for learning the program, etc., they may cost more than your
>darkroom, but not in mine. (I like this discussion)
>
>Rob Mueller
>Studies in Black and White
>www.studiesinblackandwhite.com
>rob@studiesinblackandwhite.com