alt, etc.

Karl P. Koenig (kpkoe@swcp.com)
Mon, 22 Jun 1998 19:52:37 -0700

I think "alternative processes" is but a modest approximation to what we
mean by the term. And non-silver is even worse. Only for those who go
from a digital camera chip to a non-silver negative to non-silver print
material, is it non-silver. Most of us still have a bit of silver nitrate
in there, somewhere. Instead of alternative, perhaps another word would be
better. Here are some nominations: different, unusual, peculiar,
non-traditional, atypical. I prefer terms such as hand-coated or
hand-worked to describe what I do in the field, once I have first specified
the appropriate nominative term; gumoil, cyanotype, gum bichromate, etc.