Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Half the questions I have on M glass and Leica anything and a few other issues when I Bing/Google them the guy giving me the answer is myself from 5, 10 or 15 years ago. It all goes full circle. That Mark guy on the LUG says "digital is forever" film is here today gone tomorrow. I belive him. It's that air of conviction to his voice. Anyways his pictures are in focus. On 5/15/15 7:34 PM, "Spencer Cheng" <spencer at aotera.org> wrote: > I agree BUT it?s really hard to forecast what images will be important in > 50 > years and to whom. > > Even though the LUG search engine isn't fixed yet, Google has indexed it > for > us. Back in 2003, I wrote the following in response to BD in a thread > called > ?Film is Archival?. > > <http://leica-users.org/v25/msg00208.html> > > After I wrote the above, I was contacted by someone from an NGO working > with > the indigenous tribes in Borneo trying to establish their historical claim > to > their tribal land. All they had was an oral history of the tribe. Not > acceptable to the modern legal system. I couldn?t help him as the > negatives we > have weren?t dated though we knew they were taken in the 1940's and 50?s > by my > father-in-law. > > Food for thought on a rainy day. :-) > > Spencer > >> On May 15, 2015, at 17:06, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at >> icloud.com> >> wrote: >> Indeed. >> The big archival question is, "who gives a s**t about this one of 50K or >> 500K >> or 5000K image files; in your 3 ring binders, or on your drives or in your >> cloud, or fire safe, or safe deposit box, or??" >> >> Will my "family" care about my "Art"? or just the photos of people they >> recognize? and happen to still be fond of? >> >> Go to an antique store. Who are the people in those photographs in box >> after >> box? Why didn't their "family" want to keep the images?" >> >> who ever said the only archives that are going to make it any distance >> through time are: >> 1) The image maker was quite famous and represented in museums, critical >> journals, major collections and such. >> 2) The image is of a famous celebrity for good or ill. >> 3) The image is of significant, historical importance and can be >> recognized >> as such. >> 4) The collection falls into the hands of someone who "gets it" and can >> see a >> way to make a buck. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/