As photographers, we convey our experience and understanding of a scene. The deeper the understanding (through experience, familiarity, empathy and craft), the greater the potential for expression. Extraordinary images communicate an awareness beyond the 2D dimensional construct of the image (or print). They lift the veil and shine light (if briefly) into our shared humanities.

For the photographers/commenters still stuck in the digital/analog morass, I suggest rethinking the debate into a celebration of the inherent advantages (aesthetics) of each medium as tools of expression. On the surface they appear the same when, in fact, they are substantially different. This is a good thing! It’s the philosophy you bring to the chosen or preferred process that ultimately defines the nature and expressiveness of your work. Does anything else matter?

Mr. Kelton's choice to remain committed to traditional silver prints represents an intimate understanding of the expressive nature of the medium he works in. There is nothing in digital printing that can effectively emulate the expressive characteristic of the well printed silver gelatin print. It's a question of the material itself, its aesthetic and the process used to create it. It speaks uniquely. As it should.

I believe the key point made in the article, worth contemplating, relative to your own photographic development, is this:

“It’s really in that last 10 percent where the magnificence of the object lies.”

That philosophy, engrained into your own work, will transform it.