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rec.photo.darkroom Discussion: Re: Silver gelatine printing

From: David Nebenzahl (nobody_at_email.domain.hidden)
Date: Tue Apr 06 2004 - 23:26:16 EDT


On 4/6/2004 2:29 PM Rainman spake thus:

> When reading litterature on fine art photography the prints are often said
> to be "silver gelatine" prints. Is this the same as high quality fibrebased
> photopaper?
>
> If not; what are the differencies between "silver gelatine" prints and
> "ordinary" photopaper like for exampler Ilford Multigrade FB, Ilford Galerie
> or others?

"Silver gelatin" is a 75-cent art snob term for all traditional photograpic
(black & white) prints.

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