[pure-silver] Re: Presenting silver images on the web
- From: Robert Marvin <marvbej@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:06:40 -0800
Jean-David Beyer writes:
"For me, a print is a representation of the negative that, in turn, is a
representation (perhaps realistic) of what was in front of the camera at the
time the negative was exposed. In the sense of preservation of accuracy of
representation (if that is what you want), the closer you get to the
original, the better. Each generation after that loses information.
Now for some photographers, the negative is not terribly important, and the
art they achieve is done in the printing. For them, I imagine, the print is
the "original" and that is what should be scanned".
I fall into the later category, at least regarding my prints,
although I'd never say that the negative isn't important. Then too, I
consider my prints to be AN, rather than THE original, since I vary
them whenever I reprint a negative. There's a famous quotation from
St. Ansel (with a musical analogy) that applies here--I won't bore
anyone by repeating it. In any case, I'm not terribly concerned about
accurate representations of what was in front of the camera, except
when I play photojournalist for the neighborhood newsletter I edit
[lots of fun, but I don't print those shots at all or consider them
my "real" photography--ironic because IMO they're TOO real].
There's room for both approaches [and probably many more] within
photography, which why is why I love the medium so much.
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