From: Robert W. Schramm (schrammrus@hotmail.com)
Date: 08/02/00-06:19:11 PM Z
Sandy,
I personally have no problem with this approach. For one thing,
there are magazines on the market that are devoted only to digital
imaging. I do a lot of digital imaging in my work and have been
known to make a giclee print or three, but my true love is silver/
gelatin and alternative process. Frankly I welcome the magazine and
intend to subscribe. Kudos to the editors for stateing their position
so clearly and sticking to their guns even to the extent of loss of
advertising dollars from the digital equipment people.
Clearly digital imaging offers a lot of advantages but I am very
concerned about the fact that, so far, the prints are far from
archival. I believe that this problem will eventually be solved, in fact
there are some reports that Epson may have already solved it.
I am eagerly awaiting this.
Clearly the snapshot market will go completly digital n the near future. We
will probably see a lot of commercial photography going
digital as well but just as members of this list are keeping 19th
century processes alive, there will alway be people like the Photovision
folks who will keep silver/gel alive. BTW the Photovision
people plan to feature alternative process printers.
I say, more power to them and welcome!
Bob Schramm
>From: Sandy King <sanking@hubcap.clemson.edu>
>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: No digital at Photovision
>Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 19:22:48 -0400
>
>Considering the fact that a sizable percentage of all mail posted to the
>alt photo process list involves some aspect of digital photography, even if
>only for the negative making stage of our work, it is of some significance
>that a new photography magazine has just been launched that proudly pledges
>to dedicate itself to the pure craft, i.e. no digital, of photography.
>Today I received a copy of the premier issue of this magazine, Photovision.
>The opening note from the editor reads as follows: "We don't want to stir
>up the old rumblings of art-versus-craft that have plagued photograhy since
>its beginnings, but feel that here is something different and special about
>traditional photography that should be cherished. And so, it is based on
>this lifetine love of the art and craft of photography that we present
>Photovision, a place where photographers can meet and talk and appreciate
>pure art and craft, and know that every image was made with skill by
>artists who created their work in the camera and the darkroom without the
>aid of digital technology."
>
>Opinions anyone?
>
>Sandy King
>
>
>
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