Sally Mann switches to digital from 8x10.

MattKing · 2026-01-22T16:09:55-0500

Don_ih said:
Ontologically, it's a mess.

As is some of the most interesting Art - a mess, that is.

Cholentpot · 2026-01-22T16:23:47-0500

Don_ih said:
The art world may or may not coincide with the way successful artists think or with what they believe. The art world is primarily marketing but artists themselves are usually about creating - they channel a drive that brings art into being. But that it's even called "art" is sometimes more the result of marketing than anything the artist believes or says. Ontologically, it's a mess.

Which gives me a cynical eye to what's presented. I don't know the vast majority of well known artists. I generally have to look them up to get familiar with their work. Many times I have an ignorance of the era or reason for their work. Other times it just doesn't speak to me at all. No idea why or what the person is saying and for what reason. Other times the work straight out of the gate is impressive and then there are times it takes some studying to figure it out.

A lot of work that I see that people go gaga over seems to lack anything that will age well once the generation that they catered to is gone. And then there's the rare timeless work.

Oldwino · 2026-01-22T16:49:26-0500

Leica gave her a camera. She is using it with an old lens she's had for years. From what I can see from several photos of her floating around holding the new Leica, it seems to be a Summitar.

Don_ih · 2026-01-22T16:59:06-0500

Oldwino said:
a Summitar

If it's this:

it's an Elmar.

koraks · 2026-01-22T18:12:35-0500

logan2z said:
collectors are starting to reject expensive inkjet prints in favor of analog prints (silver gelatin, Pt/Pd, etc.). I wonder if that might drive artists back into the darkroom.

Back to the galleys, you mongrels!!! Harhar

Milpool · 2026-01-22T18:46:08-0500

$2000 darkroom prints aren’t going to happen either.

logan2z said:
I was speaking to a well-known gallerist/curator the other day and she told me she was recently speaking to an equally well-known photobook publisher and the both agreed that 'the days of the $2000 inkjet print are over'. Based on their opinions, at least, collectors are starting to reject expensive inkjet prints in favor of analog prints (silver gelatin, Pt/Pd, etc.). I wonder if that might drive artists back into the darkroom.

Pieter12 · 2026-01-22T18:46:44-0500

I think I remember reading in Hold Still that she had her father's Leica in college. Probably the lens from that one on the new digital Leica.

Pieter12 · 2026-01-22T18:48:29-0500

Milpool said:
$2000 darkroom prints aren’t going to happen either.

You haven't been to any galleries lately I'm guessing. I see prints (both darkroom and inkjet) that range from a few hundred dollars to 5 figures, depending on the photographer.

Pieter12 · 2026-01-22T18:50:52-0500

Don_ih said:
If it's this:
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it's an Elmar.

It would be nice if you credited the photographer: Maude Schuyler Clay

Chuck1 · 2026-01-22T18:51:06-0500

But the gallery gets half

Don_ih · 2026-01-22T20:34:56-0500

Pieter12 said:
It would be nice if you credited the photographer: Maude Schuyler Clay

I'm happy you found a credit on the cesspool the internet is.

Pieter12 said:
I think I remember reading in Hold Still that she had her father's Leica in college. Probably the lens from that one on the new digital Leica.

This:

is not an Elmar.

Feel free to credit the photographer.

Cholentpot · 2026-01-22T21:08:19-0500

Don_ih said:
If it's this:
View attachment 416265
it's an Elmar.

You're all looking at the camera. Is that a Casio F91W?

MattKing · 2026-01-22T21:45:15-0500

Don_ih said:
I'm happy you found a credit on the cesspool the internet is.

This:

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is not an Elmar.

Feel free to credit the photographer.

Based on the apparent age of Sally Mann in that shot, it may very well be that you would have to dig up and revive the photographer before the credit would be appreciated.
But yes, if the photographer's identity is known, please provide credit.

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