Here is my example. This would be the negative people would find and would print thinking that that was the final image.
Well, if somebody printed from that in a straightforward way, that would be their work product - it
would be their final image.
Would they think it corresponded to
your final work product? They might, if they had a naïve concept of photography (but remember, we are speaking of someone who has darkroom skills). (Assuming they knew that the negative was from you.)
And if you had died before you made a print from it, it would have been your final work product.
And if you had made a print, but sold the negative to Black Star, then they both would have been your final work product.
But this is what I ended up doing. Some times photos develop in the darkroom.
Sure. And that is your final product in this case - one of them. (Did Russel like it?)
I think we all know all of this. I'm having trouble figuring out what your point is.
Do you not care to justify your use of the word
counterfeit for a negative taken by Ansel Adams and presented as such?
Best regards,
Doug