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Originally Posted by Jorge |
Jorge,
I read your post with a great deal of concern and dismay. Upon reading the editorial comment, I contacted Steve and indicated my feelings about the need for a publication in which the needs, processes, and sharing of knowledge in conventional photography were addressed. At least that is what my thoughts were until I received his reply.
It seems that based upon his post in which he indicated his need for subscriptions, offering a free trial copy of his fine publication to participants of this forum, that he felt very discouraged when only 20 people from this site contacted his office requesting a free copy.
C'mon folks...if the participants of this site (APUG), don't support the only remaining solely conventional photography publication, then we have no one to blame but ourselves when our method of artistic expression becomes so fragmented that we no longer have the materials and equipment to practice our art. If this support, that I am suggesting, were a one sided affair, I would not even begin to suggest it to you. We are both too intelligent for that. This is not a one sided affair. The benefits that a reader gains are "far and away" greater then the financial cost involved.
Remember Kodak Super XX??? Is there a film today that has replaced it??? Do you realize the threat that exists to the continuance of Azo??? Is there a substitute for Azo??? For those of us who have practiced this art for any considerable length of time, the list of discontinued products can be increased to even greater numbers. To believe that another company or companies will pick up the banner, when existing suppliers drop it, is ludicrous. It hasn't happened before. It is unlikely that it will happen now. Recently Ilford publicly stated that the could not "hand on heart" state that they were going to develop another black and white emulsion.
This is a time when those of us who have the courage of our convictions must step up and be counted.
If, in the future, you want to produce black and white photographs made with chromogenic film, processed in your local one hour lab's C41 processor, and then printed on the latest variety of plastic, we are rapidly getting to that point. This is a time when all facets of the film based photography community must join in a cohesive manner to attempt to maintain our supplies, our equipment, and our fellowship. There is no better place to begin then to spend the 7 cents a day that a subscription to PhotoVision costs.
I will personally offer this as a guarantee of satisfaction for the next 12 subscribers to PhotoVision, from this forum, for a one year period. If at the end of six months (three issues) you feel that your money has not been well spent, that you have not received that measure of enrichment, motivation, and enlightenment then all you need do is contact me and tell me of your feelings, and I will personally mail you my check to cover your subscription cost. I will accept you as being honest in your endeavors.
I have no personal financial interest in this publication.
I do have the Courage of my Convictions. Do you?
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