Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > -- > // richard http://imagecraft.com > Beyond Arduino - When you're ready to get serious... > JumpStart C Tools for Atmel AVR and Cortex-M, The Better Alternative > -- "Some People Drive, We Are Driven" https://richardman.photo