[alt-photo] Re: 返: Re: Official press release about HPlarge formatnegatives

[Diana Bloomfield]

That's certainly been my experience.  :)

On Jul 15, 2010, at 4:34 PM, Loris Medici wrote:

> Forgot to add: 99% of that 0.1% will experience frustation when they  
> hear "it's not digital" and/or they'll be - actually - interested in  
> "which digital camera you have used"...
>
> 15.07.2010 23:30, Loris Medici yazmış:
>> Process is nothing/null if the artwork sucks, and if the artwork is  
>> good, then MAYBE it would mean something to %0.1 (at most!) of your  
>> audience... (Gallery / potential customers / photographic-visual  
>> art enthusiasts...)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Loris.
>>
>>
>> 15.07.2010 23:22, Diana Bloomfield yazmış:
>>> Yeah, maybe.  But I feel like I do that all the time as I'm sure  
>>> we all do.  In the end, though, it really is the image that  
>>> counts.  If your process gets you to a final compelling image,  
>>> that's terrific-- but not many people (in my experience) want to  
>>> know about how you actually got there.   And I'm okay with that..   
>>> I think.
>>>
>>> On Jul 15, 2010, at 4:07 PM, ender100 at aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Maybe because we fail to educate the public, "we" meaning  
>>>> photographers, galleries, museums, etc.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Diana Bloomfield <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net>
>>>> To: The alternative photographic processes mailing list <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org 
>>>> >
>>>> Sent: Thu, Jul 15, 2010 3:05 pm
>>>> Subject:  [alt-photo] Re: 返: Re: Official press release about  
>>>> HPlarge formatnegatives
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yep; that's what I'm repeatedly told.
>>>>
>>>> Whatever our chosen process, or processes, it better matter to  
>>>> us, because-- honestly-- nobody else really cares.  They really  
>>>> don't.  It only matters to anybody, perhaps, if the process helps  
>>>> make the final image what it is.  Even so, I doubt you'd find too  
>>>> many people (even a buyer of your art) who want to hear about the  
>>>> "process" involved in making that image.
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 15, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Alan MacKellar wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Are we not talking about art?  No matter what the process, it's  
>>>>> the > image that counts.
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