I know that digital work is still not totally respected by fine art
photographers - mainly because digital is not "archival" as far as the life
of a digital print and disk vs. the archival quality of negatives and
traditional chemical prints. It's good to incorportate both digital and
chemical into photo curriculum, I think.
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>I just had an interesting discussion with a HS photo teacher about teaching
>photo in HS and the issue of digital vs. chemical.
>
>We agreed that film cameras are a better value than digital cameras and
>offer
>the opportunity to teach an SLR camera and its possibilities. He felt that
>students should still have darkroom experience. We agreed that things are
>going digital in a very big way and the ideal program should have both
>experiences.
>
>We also thought that if it were impossible to have both chemical and
>digital
>what might work best is using a film camera and having students scan their
>negatives so that they could then work on them as digital images.
>
>Any photo teachers out there with thoughts on this issue?
>
>Harold
