Steve Shapiro (sgshiya@redshift.com)
Tue, 23 Feb 1999 10:49:39 -0800
It's time to form a Guild. The PPM Guild; Photographic Print Makers Guild.
We have a commercial entity and authors on technique, manufacturers and
catalogue distributors'; and publishers of periodicals; retail and repair
experts; no gallery owners but LOTS of photographers and printers of
photography both of their own and others' in labs and by special order.
Why Not?
S. Shapiro, Carmel, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey D. Mathias <jeffrey.d.mathias@worldnet.att.net>
To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
<alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Date: Monday, February 22, 1999 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: A modest proposal -- the imp. signature
>Just what is the purpose of printing a photograph anyway? Is it to make
>a buck? Is it to show off? Is it to prove something? Is it to be
>creative?
>
>I can and will most likely never understand how someone can create a
>message, deliver it intact, and expect it to represent their original
>thinking when someone else is involved with the production.
>
>Certainly there are some fantastic collaborative works, even
>masterpieces. However it seems that when the work becomes a production,
>cranked out by apprentices or hired printers, or hyped, it's a sham, a
>scam, and a disservice to those who honestly should be heard (or seen).
>
>I think Richard's proposal (signing by all parties) is a good one.
>Let's know who the collaborators are. Lets us also take up arms against
>those who rip us off.
>
>--
>Jeffrey D. Mathias
>http://home.att.net/~jeffrey.d.mathias/
>
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