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

[Mark Nelson]

Very Well Said Bob!!!!!!

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On Jul 15, 2010, at 4:28 PM, "BOB KISS" <bobkiss at caribsurf.com> wrote:

>    I have been following this thread for a while and much information
> and many interesting opinions have been shared.  I really do not want to get
> into the question of the steps in getting to the final print.   
>    However I think a few distinctions should be offered.
> 1) I agree that no one will be interested in any print if the image is not
> captivating in some way, even if in its subtlety.
> 2) It is very interesting that many of you who belong to this list and have
> worked very hard mastering alternative methods of *printing* suggest that
> image is all that counts.  If this were so you would post all of your images
> to Facebook and be done with it.
> 3) One must remember that the OBJECT OF ART is also important and THIS is
> the strength of alternative processes that should be presented to gallery
> owners when trying to show alt prints.  Again, boring image?  No one wants
> it.  But a great image presented with a creatively appropriate alt printing
> process creates an object of art that is stunning and saleable.  Don't
> forget, gallery owners are business people and they need to sell to keep the
> doors open and track lights on.
> 4) Why do we do alt printing if not for the wonderful textures, colors,
> tonalities etc presented by each process?  
> 5) These are not just my opinions.  I learned them from a photo historian,
> former holder of a chair in the graduate dept of Pratt, and NYC gallery
> owner.  He said, firstly, the image has to be great.  Then you look at the
> object of art itself and this greatly affects the desirability and price of
> the print.  He has sold and continues to sell many vintage and modern alt
> process prints, except that the vintage ones were not alt in their
> day...they were "high tech" for the 19th century!  ;-))
> 
>            CHEERS!
>                BOB
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org
> [mailto:alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org] On Behalf Of
> Alan MacKellar
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 3:42 PM
> To: 'The alternative photographic processes mailing list'
> Subject: [alt-photo] Re:?: Re: Official press release about HPlarge
> formatnegatives
> 
> Are we not talking about art?  No matter what the process, it's the image
> that counts.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org
> [mailto:alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org] On Behalf Of
> Jeremy Moore
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 2:57 PM
> To: The alternative photographic processes mailing list
> Subject: [alt-photo] Re:?: Re: Official press release about HPlarge
> formatnegatives
> 
> Terry, surely the print is just the physical manifestation of the image so
> why does it matter how it's made?
> 
> This is alt PROCESS and for some of us it does matter what that process is.
> 
> On Jul 15, 2010 12:24 PM, "Terry King" <terryaking at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Geoff
> 
> 
> Surely the negative is nothing more than a tool.  If it does it does its job
> in making the print does it matter how you make it?
> 
> 
> Terry
> 
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