-----Original message----- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:46:35 +0100 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT: Why big negs
> > On Mar 31, 2006, at 1:41 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> I've been getting as much for ink-jet prints as I ever got for > >> optical prints. > >> More, in fact. However, I don't call them ink-jet prints. Taking a > >> clue from > >> the pricey galleries, I call them giclee prints. The term "giclee" > >> merely means > >> a print created with a spray of liquid. It's accurate, if a bit > >> pretentious. > > > > Michael Reichmann told me he *always* calls his prints "inkjet prints" > > precisely because it annoys the pretentious gallery people :) > > > >> But people enjoy a bit of pretention every now and then. > >> Particularly when > >> they're opening their pocketbooks. > > > > Yep. That's how I'm able to get more for "silver gelatin" prints! > > > > Another good term is "pigment ink". Not quite as pretentious as > giclée (french for ink jet?) and almost as valuable as "silver > gelatin" ... ;-) That all sounds a bit queer to me, Godders
