In my case, at least, there may be some sentimentality involved. I don’t think I can completely discount that. But I also think wet prints simply look better, so I don’t agree with the analogies above that seem to assume that an inkjet and silver gelatin print are indistinguishable.
Maybe inkjet technology is theoretically capable of producing an image with all of the qualities of a silver gelatin print, but the inkjet prints I’ve seen in galleries and museums have fallen short. I can always tell which I’m looking at even before reading the wall labels.
One difference between darkroom and inkjet printing from film negatives is that for prints that the general viewer would describe as equally good inkjet printing has a much shorter learning curve.
The possible difference is that with inkjet the spray sits on the surface vs the metal sitting within the gelatin.
There's one problem with that factoid - it's incorrect. The ink receptive layer on typical inkjet paper is as deep as the emulsion layer of silver gelatin paper - sometimes even more so. If you look at SEM crossections of inkjet and silver gel prints, the image forming density ends up sitting at roughly the same depth.Maybe that's what I'm reacting to.
If you thought anyone else’s opinion was better than yours, you probably would change your opinion.
one has to be happy with what they do.
We tend to appreciate that which we understand best.
Probably. But you don't need to think in terms of better/worse or correct/incorrect.
We tend to appreciate that which we understand best.
Yes to both. But sometimes we do understand what we don’t like.Which goes hand in hand with: We tend to dismiss what we understand least.
Hey, guys…
Sorry for setting the fire and running away.
Answering @koraks’ question from a few days ago, I would say mostly the same as @Don_ih, especially the part about “what I like to do”.
But I feel that a digital print of something shot on film is like a reproduction. It doesn’t feel “right” to me, except in the cases exemplified by @koraks himself: missing or damaged negative, etc. I have a picture of my mother that was digitally restored from a scan of a very damaged print.
To put it in a more specific way: in my opinion, contemporary work shot on film should follow the traditional photographic process. It’s how I like to do. What’s the point of shooting film otherwise?
I find it odd the people react so strongly when others use the term silver gelatin and think that others using the term are just trying to be fancy or something.
When discussing photography among other photographers, how else to describe a process that uses silver encased in gelatin, and differentiate it from other processes commonly used, such as platinum, carbon, or even other silver-based processes such as salt prints?
The usage of the term you're referring to tends to happen, if at all, in a clique within a clique within a clique within a clique. People who find 'silver gelatine' just as pretentious and hollow as 'glicee'
It's also still widely used in the museum/exhibition world and in arts trade. I have the impression that 'glicée' in those arenas has now been mostly superseded by 'archival pigment'. At least that's how I see most inkjet prints labeled around here in museums etc.I agree the "silver gelatin" appellation is a mostly social media thing.
To put it in a more specific way: in my opinion, contemporary work shot on film should follow the traditional photographic process. It’s how I like to do. What’s the point of shooting film otherwise?
I have the impression that 'glicée' in those arenas has now been mostly superseded by 'archival pigment'. At least that's how I see most inkjet prints labeled around here in museums etc.
Fortunately the repair was successful.
That's reassuring! What was the matter with yours? Mine's making (good) noise in the background as I'm typing this! Always interested to hear what kind of failures it may experience so I can be prepared for when the time comes.
...What about people reacting strongly to people using 'glicee'? 4 pages in, I see a few strong reactions on that front too!
Thank you. There are many ways of approaching photography....
Hope that gives you an idea of another point of view people might have. There are many more!
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