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Originally Posted by JBrunner  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. |
i agree that one can have authorship and intent when one interprets what is in the negative ...
but still, the negative is a stencil, and the paper reproduces what shades of white/black and gray are projected onto it ...
