I don't think we need to agonize over this. Let each medium speak for itself and its practitioner. The common element will be the Rollei negative, and I promise a very attractive enclosure.
As for a test of competence, getting this exchange going seems very complicated. How did Daniel make putting his book together seem so easy?
Elias On May 23, 2008, at 2:50 AM, Marc James Small wrote:
At 11:47 PM 5/22/2008, slobodan dimitrov wrote: >Thanks, Marc. >I had hoped that the print exchange would of been a sliver-gelatin >print exchange. >That's just my own personal preference. >Digital printing is just too easy.>Set the parameters and walk away until X number of images are generated.>With hand crafted photographs, each one is a test of competence. >On the other hand, not everything has to be doable by everyone. >If anything, that notion is a disingenuous form of egalitarianism >that borders on the authoritarian. >What if some of us decided to do a Holga camera generated print >exchange? >What's the whine going to be then?I irked the daylights out of the LUG print exchange by withdrawing once I realized that it was properly an analog forum. I agree with you.I know a LOT about Soviet/Post-Soviet (SPS) camera gear but I will admit to never having seen a Holga camera and knowing only of them through fora such as this.Marc msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list
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