A young lady in one of my classes last semester brought in some hand-made b&w printers. SOMEone teaches printmaking at a community college. The school has its own darkroom space. Hers were quite nice. So perhaps there is hope for the method not to die out. I wish I could afford the equipment (esp. enlarger and tanks) to go back to loading film into a Nikkormat or Rolleiflex, and a-hunting we shall go. Ilke digital but agree it is not the same experience of creation that printing afforded by a film negative.
KW
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Ken Wolman http://awfulrowing.wordpress.com/
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On Jun 17, 2010, at 4:21 AM, Chris Jones wrote:
> The story goes that highly skilled master black and white printers, such
> as myself, are dying out and black and white is a dying art. (Despite
> rumours to the contra, the reports of my death are premature.) For this
> reason black and white prints sell for a much larger price then digital
> prints.
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> While I like the idea of my hand printed prints selling for a much
> higher price then digital....
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> the truth may lie with the blow url... a home-made film making machine.
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> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dark_orange/sets/72157603226919391/
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> have chronic fatigue syndrome so may be delayed in reply or brain fog weird
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> just to let you know that's all, Chris Jones.
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> Blog: http://abdevpoetics.blogspot.com/
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