Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Went to an opening last night for two photographers; a portraitist and the other urban landscapes (both artists quite successful). Each and every image printed and hung on the wall had the 'frame' of the negative printed and revealed as a component of the finished (matted) work. Was wondering what y'all think about the habit of including the 'black edge'. Personally; it's noise and lends absolutely nothing to the expression being made (other than to flaunt the 'I used the whole thing' bravado to other photographers). [Although I will admit to having done it once or twice myself; http://users.aol.com/pschiemer/evpic.html ] I asked one of the photographers (Tom Jimison) about the 'fence'. He volunteered it was something he felt was required as a historical documentary of our society. He was once commissioned to chronicle architecture in New Orleans and inclusion of the frame information was part of the project. But, is it art? no archive