Re: digital wonderings

I use both digital and silver processing.

I find that it is far easier to get a 'slick' image with digital.

With digital it does not take long to produce a good image and then print
it. The creativity digital allows is very great indeed. With today's
technology and materials, archival longevity is not such an issue anymore.

Silver printed pinholes on the other hand are much harder to controll. With
silver if I want each final image to be of the same quality the setup and
recording takes time and effort. It can take me a whole day to produce one
print. With digital it can take me less than one hour (from a silver
negative, that is) and I am assured that every subsequent print will be
identical. If then I want to do some fancy work on the image with digital
it is simple, with silver it is a challenge and time consuming.

I see it this way; with silver you go through a special process which
informs the final image, with digital, the imagination has a freer reign.
But I always remember that true feedom can only be experienced in opposition
to constraints. I treat each image differently.

Alexis
Received on Tue Dec 10 16:40:06 2002