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

[Loris Medici]

  Dear Bob,

2. How I make the image definitely counts to me, but not necessarily to 
others - that's what I was taking about. I have to like the process in 
order to feed my creativity, and IME, that's very true both in the 
contexts of art and work.

3. 100% agree, I'm interested in making object of art / craft, hence my 
preference in alt. processes.

Regards,
Loris.


16.07.2010 00:28, BOB KISS yazmış:
> 	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!  ;-))