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Originally Posted by Ian Leake  Interesting question. I consider my originals to the important work. I don't think the scans I post to APUG have any special value because they're just intended to show people what the original would look like if they could see it. |
I'd like to agree with what you wrote here, but then WHAT is the VALUE of the original work that makes the original "important", compared to what was reprinted or reproduced? It should somehow be more about some intrinsic value or importance of the image itself, and not on solely on the fact that it was an "original".
Is there a parallel to be found in written works - is the first edition of a book or novel more "important" than subsequent reprints?
I have had different emotional responses to the same photograph seen in different books - one might be printed larger, or with more contrast.
Finally, what would you say to reproductions that actually look better than the original prints? I've not experienced this yet, but I'm sure it has happened somewhere.