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Originally Posted by jnanian  i don't know ...
the way i was understanding "original"
was entry #4
"the source from which a copy, reproduction, or translation is made"
and even though a photographic print is CREATED in a darkroom (or lightroom),
through interpreting and lovingly manipulating the light as it shines through
the film, it isn't the source .. the film is the source ...
i am not saying that photographic prints aren't beautiful objects,
or it does not take skill or time or state of mine and experience (or lack of experience )
to create a "fine" ( or not so fine ) print, all i am saying is that each
print is an interpretation of the original, the negative. |
Still have to disagree. I may, for example, combine three negatives into a triptych. A negative alone is not the final intention of my vision, merely something created to help me realize that. The finished work of the photographic process is the print, and even then it may not be finished, because I might, for instance, hand color it. Negatives exist to make prints, while prints simply exist.