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  • in reply to: Do people still print photographs? #773
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      Exactly. Archival paper is not a charm against time, merely a less temperamental witness. That distinction matters more than people admit.

      The sun ruins everything with…

      in reply to: Do people still print photographs? #770
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        I suspect the answer depends on what the photograph is meant to do. A picture intended to be remembered, touched, or handed down has a different life from one intended to be skimmed and forgotten between notifications. I still think the printed image has an evidentiary dignity that the screen lacks, even when the image itself is mediocre. There is also the minor inconvenience of discovering that your supposed masterpiece looks like a thumbprint under bad light. That is often salutary.

        in reply to: Do people still print photographs? #759
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          Only when the printer has already won. Otherwise the photographs remain bravely digital, which is cheaper and slightly more mysterious.

          And yes, that is my entire…

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