Ken K <kenkagawa@hotmail.com> writes: > An old (poor )retired art collector friend bought a black and white > photograph about 2 yrs ago.I saw it on his wall recently and noticed > the edges fading .It was obviously a digital print.I didnt have the > heart to mention what was happening.He wont be around too much > longer, so why spoil it. > IMHO ,Black and white art photography should be archival.PERIOD! > But at the very least ,please dont sell ink jet prints to collectors > who assume they are going to last more than a lifetime, with out some > notification of their impermanence. > Color or black and white art prints from digital should be printed by > Light Jet on Fuji Crystal Archive. My B&W inkjet prints should last longer than Crystal Archive, and may even last as long as silver gelatine prints. I wouldn't, of course, represent them as being anything other than what they are, that's clearly wrong. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <dd-b@dd-b.net>, <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <noguns-nomoney.com> Photos: <dd-b.lighthunters.net> Snapshots: <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera mailing lists: <dragaera.info/>
