can I comment

I am hoping that the atelier printers will pick up on this eventually. I
discussed this issue with a friend who I a photographer, museum trustee, and
one who has sat on acquisition committees. We're now seeing Struth and
others getting hammered down in the $100,000+ range at auction for C41
prints!!!!! I asked my friend if his committee would be more willing to pay
$101,500.00 for a print in 4 color carbon than $100,000.00 for a C41.

"Absolutely" he said this would be especially so if he conservators get a
say in the matter. Much work is bought and donated by unknowing patrons and
that is a problem. Some of the Starn Twins work was put together with Scotch
tap and is a conservationist nightmare now.

The point is at there prices for a percent or two extra in cost one can have
a 4 color carbon made. I am sure there are plenty of people around who would
make an edition of 24 x 30 prints at $1500 per.

Comments?

Hello Dick,

So you see in the world of high and fashionable art it is primarily not
about money or about archival qualities. It is about uniqueness in the
combination of concepts and materials. Carbon will be a niche. Historical
techniques in photography will find their place, like painting still exist,
but life goes on. Internet, wireless, we are about to change are
relationship to the material world and that will be reflected in art. We are
still of a generation that wants to keep things in our hands. In 10 years
photography will not be as popular anymore as it is now, I guess.

So we depend heavily on those few people who develop materials, techniques
en interest among and for others like you, Sandy, Todd, Vaughn, Loris and
many others. (Maybe C-Prints will be worth much more than 4 colour carbons
because there are so little left).

Cheers mates.

Witho
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