I agree with you 100% on that Dana. My only disagreement was with the opinion (forget whose) that the process was either irrelevant or of minor importance in making a print succeed or not. I strongly disagree with that - look at the work of many master printers if proof is needed. Tim -----Original Message----- From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dana H. Myers Sent: 15 December 2006 23:45 To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: The Quest and My Heresy?? Tim Rudman wrote: > The viewer may or may not be aware of the process Dana, depending on > their interest and experience, but the print only 'stands alone' > because of it and the elements within it. > Tim I think we're agreeing that the print is the product of the process. Sure. Though, I have certainly found that some people will hold a print in higher regard because the process to realize it was difficult or challenging; this is understandable from a technical perspective, but it often misses the pure aesthetics of the image. Dana ============================================================================ ================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.