Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Dec 23, 2008, at 6:25 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > I do think making a print and having a book made might have some vague > overlap but are two completely different topics. > When I like most people over the decades practicing photography want > to see > my latest picture I make a print of it. > > People now can make make a digital file and never have to make a > print. > They upload it to a gallery or to a service which makes a print or a > book. > Or any number of other things. > To me in a strong way it's a jpeg by any other name. > > Getting a nicely designed packet with a stack of prints in it all > made in > different methods on different paper by different Rollei people, and > guess > what with Rollei cameras coincidently enough, was a nice experience. > > It did not feel like getting a book in the mail. > Not even vaguely. > I don't think these two things overlap or otherwise threaten each > other. > > Books are nice but my "book" over the past 15 years has not been a > book. > But a stack of fiber not RC prints in a box. > Before that I had a "book" of my best work. > People would flip through it. > I'd make sure the prints were in the right order and the pages were > fresh. > No one tried to order one. thanks Mark... I have great appreciation and understanding for the print as a means of expression... and I love them, used to work in a darkroom... I know you are very dedicated to that timeless part of photography, but I always put the photograph first, regardless of how it is presented. Much rather see hundreds of LUG's best images in a book, as I will never see them in a print, as I want to see them. I think a bit too much is made of the print, putting the method above the message... I would rather hear a performance of Beethoven's Ninth, whether or not I see the original score. However I think we might consider how to makes prints available, of selected images, from the book... yours, mine, and others... Steve > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information