Response to Phil Borges toning technique

I'm going to skip all the flap about whether or not Borges is exploiting native peoples and attempt to address the original question -- re: toning technique.

Having seen the Borges prints in person about a year ago I have to say that AS PRINTS they are astounding feats of technique. Selective parts of the print are toned--how this is done, I don't know but suspect that a brush is involved. The effect is much more subtle than they appear in the scans on my monitor, leading me to think that the scans have been "juiced up" so even people with the dingiest, uncalibrated monitor will see that these aren't just straight prints.

I'm not going to mention what I think about what he photographs and how he photographs it, however.

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