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The photographs presented on this website are digital representations of prints from 35mm, 120, 4x5 negative film and digital photography. Prints are produced by traditional Silver, Iris, or Epson processes. Prints can be ordered in any size allowed by the printing method. All prints are mounted and framed using archival materials. Images can be custom mounted and framed per request.
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Silver Print
In 1873, Peter Mawdsley invented the first photographic paper with a gelatin emulsion, and commercially-produced gelatin silver printing papers were available by 1885. Gelatin is used as an emulsion to bind light sensitive silver salts (usually silver bromides or silver chlorides) to a paper or other support. After a brief exposure to a negative (under an enlarger), the print is immersed in chemicals to allow the image to develop, or emerge fully.
All of my silver-gelatin prints are made in my own lab on fiber-base papers and are processed to archival standards. The silver print's smooth surface presents the clearest possible transcription of the image formed by the camera lens. The silver medium has an extraordinary range of density from black to white and is perfect for pictures that demand a brilliant presentation with maximum retention of detail. Printing in silver is a straightforward procedure, but it usually takes many attempts and subtle variations to arrive at a final interpretation of the negative.
Iris Print
Iris prints are produced on specially modified inkjet printers. The process starts by drum scanning the original negative or Chrome. The digital file is then corrected to match the original and printed using a special inkjet printer. This printer uses a four-color process — combinations of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (cmyk). The result is a richness of color and tonality with both color and black and white images. The digital process combined with traditional film makes it possible to produce large fine art prints without losing fine detail. Image permanence is optimized using the most archival inksets and water color papers available. This results in archival properties of 100 years and more on all prints. All of my iris prints are produced at Singer Editions in Boston, Massachusetts.
Giclée Print
Giclée prints are digital water color prints produced with a high end Epson inkjet printer. Negatives are scanned with an Imacon Flextight scanner while digital files are imported into a digital workstation. The digital file is then corrected to match the original and printed on archival paper with archival inks for maximum print stability. All Giclée prints are made in my studio.
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