On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, John Francis wrote: > But what about long-time image storage? Well, what about it? > I'm sure my mother-in-law isn't the only person who throws away > the negatives and just keeps a handful of prints for a while. > Photography isn't an archive medium for the masses - it's all > about the moment. Filing negatives just isn't important.
I disagree with that statement. I've been to many family gatherings that end up with people thumbing through 30-60 year old prints (usually kept in a non-archival shoebox) and remembering relatives or events. I doubt that the negatives are around for many of these prints and the quality of the print isn't that important, but people do keep them and look at them. alex
