For years I looked for other ways to make an image as beautiful but found none. In the late 1980s I saw the possibility of making prints with the computer and printing them in a process called Iris. I used this process, working with master printers, and the results were beautiful. Unfortunately, the prints were only stable for a few years. I was forced to back off.
Collectors demand that prints last forever and then some.
If the prints do not last, collectors will not buy them and I make no money to live. I kept at it, working with different people, until finally, just last year, the inks were made to be stable and the quality became even better. Copyright Tom Millea . Finally it is possible to make a print which has the same lush tones as a platinum print. I am what is known as a straight photographer.