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Originally Posted by jnanian  the negative is the original and anything made from that negative is a reproduction. |
I disagree.
A great deal of the authorship of one of my prints happens in the darkroom. I think the negative may be the bedrock of a photograph, but the interpretation of the negative is clearly in the realm of artistic intent, so the negative can not be considered the original work, unless, of course, the photographer declares that it is.