I am in a niche film , enlarger print business, as well I am in a complete digital business.
I agree with the idea that we will be printing silver for the time length that Silver paper is being manufactured. I also think wet alt prints will be the way of the future and to do that the niche player will need great digital skills married to wet printing skills.
At this point in my career , I can continue printing silver and alt wet prints and live very comfortably with my client base, and new clients wanting my prints.
For someone starting out fresh , I believe there also is this business model and therefore I am teaching two young ladies how to print , silver and alt. They will be in a position by the time I retire to take over.
But we are not giving up on digital technology, quite the opposite, we plan to stay on cutting edge, This will allow us to pay for Staff and Building costs.
There are k billlions of film strips that have never been printed or scanned and for a young person starting out, keeping this in mind could prove fruitful
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