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Old 8th September 2021, 07:45 PM
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Default The lost art of contact printing

Well perhaps not lost but forgotten and certainly abandoned. I'm not talking about ultra large sheet contact prints that gained popularity within certain circles, I'm talking about tiny contacts from 120 roll film, 6x9 and 6x6 cm and from 4x5'' film. I have family albums and shoe boxes full of them. Today most would enlarge their negs to 8x10" at least (why bother printing smaller ) However the reality is that photos in the last decade are viewed on tiny smartphone screens, not larger than aforementioned contact prints, and no one seems to complain. Therefore I can't help myself asking fellow FADU members - why do you bother printing large?
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