A friend of mine ( Mario Cabrita Gil ) and I, we have been discussing =
this matter for quite some time.=20
Mario had several of his photographs blown up to 24x30 feet, and =
digitally printed as one of the exhibits commissioned by the Lisbon =
Municipality for the European Cultural Capital events of 1994.=20
The rest of this work will now be shown in a more intimate way.
He is trying to achieve the desired effect by using ink jet printers.=20
He tells me he no longer feels like spending hours and hours locked in a =
dark room. (He probably spends a lot more sitting at his computer =
terminal!)
I am also preparing my next exhibit, which was commissioned by the =
Portuguese Post Office for their Art Gallery. It will consist of =
photographs of Sintra, the magical mountain Lord Byron wrote about.
They will be presented as 16"x20" Kallitypes.
And you know what? The end result is quite similar.
I truly believe that the how does not matter. Either you get the image =
that you want, or you don't. Compromising or accepting the "almost" =
result, that is the ultimate sin.
Happy New Year to all of you.
Carlos Gasparinho