I suspect that the best inkjet papers and pigment inks will last longer than wet prints. But we won't know for a hundred years or so, will we? Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Yep. Anyone who has studied Ansel's darkroom methodology has to > > realize that he would have loved PhotoShop. Do I hear fifty layer > > files? Paul > > No doubt about it. I do wonder if he would have questioned the > archivability of ink jet prints. Perhaps he may have used a digital > capture, but a digital projector and traditional black & white paper. > Just a thought. It's too bad he's not still around. > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> William Robb wrote: > >>> From: "Scott Loveless" > >>> > >> > http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/artic > >> le1343516.ece > >>> The last line is a hoot. > >>> > >>> "Do you think Ansell Adams would have used digital?" > >>> > >>> I believe in the last revamp of "The Negative" that Ansel edited > >>> before he died, he wrote about how exciting the age of digital > >>> was going to be, and how it would revolutionize photography. He > >>> wrote, knowing that he wouldn't live long enough to see the > >>> changes digital would bring to photography, but with a curious > >>> interest in the new technology, and a wistfulness that he > >>> wouldn't get a chance to see it mature. > >>> > >>> So yes, I am quite certain that Ansel Adams would have not only > >>> used digital, he would have embraced it, and I think digital > >>> would have been better off for it, in the same way that film was > >>> much improved by Ansels's advice to the film industry. > >> Yep, I laughed at the ignorance of that line too. At the George > >> Eastman house you can see a video of Adams in the last years of his > >> life, working with students and talking about his enthusiasm for > >> "electronic" photography. At the time, it was analog, not digital > >> (basically still video), but he quite openly states that he sees it > >> as the future and he's clearly excited about it. > >> > >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from > >> the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the > >> directions. > > > > > > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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