What Changed the Rules for Black and White Photography?

For the enthusiast photographer processing black and white film, little has changed since the introduction of the 35mm film Leica camera in 1925. For something like 80 years, black and white photography has been dominated by what I call the Silver Standard - the air dried, glossy, fiber-based gelatin silver print.

Inkjet printing has changed all the rules. It's time for us to let go of the Silver Standard and move on. It'll be ok. Really. Everything is going to be fine. Variable Contrast papers now dominate the market, allowing a printer to vary the contrast of the material across an extreme range.

Of course I admire Ansel Adams. More than any other influential American of his epoch, Adams believed in both the possibility and the probability of humankind living in harmony and balance with its environment.

See some of his best shots here:
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/adams/index.html

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