RE: Editioning ... and Unique Works of Art

--- Kate M <kateb@paradise.net.nz> $B$+$i$N%a%C%;!<%8!'(B
> I think the "unique state" description covers all
> the vagaries of alt processing rather well...

it implies there may be
> other prints, but this
> one is the only one EXACTLY like this.

Well, I think the term EXACTLY is subject to wide
interpretation... If I were collecting, I would be happier
(more comfortable) to know that I had the only print made
with that particular negative and the creator had either
destroyed or sealed up the negative(s) created to produce
it. Additionial prints made and labled for the
photographer's exhibitions and publications, if within
reason, so marked and properly controlled would be in my
mind acceptable, if that data was freely availible.

Then not only the print but the collector also, would be
"unique".

Well that is kind of my ideal.

How about other photographers turned collectors?

I guess we doing ALT Photography really have a choice to
do straight regular (or even digital) in unlimited runs,
and then so called "unique state" prints in Alt Photo
media...

But for me, were I a collector, I think nothing would beat
a truely one of a kind work of art!

(Except perhaps. one that sells easier and for more
money!)

IMHO

Editioning is a kind of compromise between the two
extreams and as such it is only of true value when the
editions are in fact "limited".

Ray

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Received on Wed Jul 7 08:48:28 2004