A few years ago I took a platinum printing class with Carl Weese. The image below is one of the first I created in that class. The second image is one I did a few nights ago. It has taken an incredible amount of time and frustration to get to the point where I am happy with an image. I still think it needs work and am truly committed to knowing everything about this process and mastering it. I believe that digital photography and the prints made have made people lazy.
I was at a portfolio review with some well know editors and curators. I brought it out and a lot of them did not know what it was. I told one reviewer it was platinum and she said oh thank god I am so tired of digital images.
I know in this time where Formalism rules the art world, I argue that there is still a place for traditional printing processes. Don't get me wrong, I am not against digital cameras, this is a digital image originally, but with the release of all new paper for platinum and the hybrid process of digital negatives, there has never been a better time to be a photographer.
My first platinum print 2 years ago
The most recent version