Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 3/6/01 10:37 PM, Ted Grant at tedgrant@home.com wrote: > B.D. wrote: >>>>>>> Which, of course, can set one to wondering about what all this worry >> about "archival" lifespan is really all about - could it simply be a way >> for the "traditionalists" to sew false doubts about the value of the new >> print technologies? ;-)<<<<< > kinds of "new prints" in the 200th year! Think about that for a moment! > > The long lasting print is fine, but it's the film that is the secret of your > photography living forever! Not a print that can be zipped off in seconds on > a new printer, besides the printers of the future are going to make those of > today appear as though we are writing in stone with a hammer and chisel! > > So from old YODA ;-) relax, put the archival thing to rest for prints and > put a greater degree of effort into making sure you process your films to > the enth degree of perfection for the archives of your nation! And the > colour stuff? yer on yer own! ;-) > ted > > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant To add my 2 cents, sorry Buzz, I fully agree with Ted about the over emphasis on print life. So called vintage prints of my work from 40 years ago placed next to new prints (either digital or silver based) do not sell as well. Printers (the people) and materials are much better today and artistic senses have changed. I was at an A. Adams/ E. Adams exhibit at the Philips Collection in Andover, MA., and the new prints of A. Adam old negatives have greater vibrancy IMO. Prints should last but except for those create 100 years ago all the tests are just that. My negatives are the things I want to last a very long time. The television networks have lost a good deal of visual history because they tried to archive it on video tape and today many things are gone. This is also true of early motion picture FILM; however, today we are told we understand the process better and film will last. Happy snaps, Steven Alexander