mdozier
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Just went to the Eastman Exhibit on loan here in the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.
I don't mean to stir controversy but there's something about these moving images on gelatin silver prints, framed and exhibited in a gallery.
I guess my point is that no matter how advanced digital imaging, I hope there will always be a place to experience a final product print created by the photographer, regardless of the source medium, with his/her intended interpretation (or lack thereof) for the viewer.
There has been a great deal of argument over the future of digital vs. film but after today, I realize my hope is also for the survival of finished product on paper.
We were able to see daguerreotypes, albumin prints, salt on paper prints and lots of gelatin silver prints as well as a few "non standard" media. I'll have to say the medium, as it evolved through time was fascinating, but the ability to go and "touch" the prints by the photographers I've read about through history was special.
I'm not getting teary eyed, but for me it's distinctly different than surfing and seeing it on my mac.
So, for what it's worth, I was renewed in the hope that the print media photography image still has something unique and special to offer.
I don't mean to stir controversy but there's something about these moving images on gelatin silver prints, framed and exhibited in a gallery.
I guess my point is that no matter how advanced digital imaging, I hope there will always be a place to experience a final product print created by the photographer, regardless of the source medium, with his/her intended interpretation (or lack thereof) for the viewer.
There has been a great deal of argument over the future of digital vs. film but after today, I realize my hope is also for the survival of finished product on paper.
We were able to see daguerreotypes, albumin prints, salt on paper prints and lots of gelatin silver prints as well as a few "non standard" media. I'll have to say the medium, as it evolved through time was fascinating, but the ability to go and "touch" the prints by the photographers I've read about through history was special.
I'm not getting teary eyed, but for me it's distinctly different than surfing and seeing it on my mac.
So, for what it's worth, I was renewed in the hope that the print media photography image still has something unique and special to offer.
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