What is so surprizing is that FP4 (4x5) - devleoped in pyrocat-p semi stand method for an hour - blown up to 30x40 is COMPLETELY grainless. I was amazed.
Dear Simon,Dear JStraw
... has to be rolls I am afraid as sheet boxes would be a tad big......!
With Kind Regards
Simon.
In my dreams, my 12x12 would hang in 20x20-something mats ...
The larger the mat the fewer the prints will hang. The
ridiculous amount of surround some use is hurting sales.
I favor same size backer then frame. A narrow surround
of backer and window then frame will also appeal. Dan
...The huge prints say poster and the 11x14 say fine art ....
My reasons are about the same plus two more;
lack of physical space and lack of running water
in the darkcloset.
... the investment is quite substantial for the amount of technology they have.
Cheers
...but not for the amount of labour involved in building one.
I agree with Roger, and will go a step further. Most of my pictures are pretty intimate, and I choose to have the viewer's experience with them be intimate as well. So I love 4x5 contact prints, rarely print 35mm larger than 5x7, and have never made a print larger than 8x10. Gotta be a "print sniffer" to see them well.
Just saw some of Peter Schrager's new work: 6x6 contact prints that are exquisite. I was urged a while back to contact print some 35mm, but that felt a little too forced for the subject matter, so as yet I haven't.
It gets worse: in the field, looking through the groundglass, I'm already thinking about what size the print wants to be, and so to a certain extent that drives my field picture-making decisions, including subject matter. I also define projects for myself where the print size is predetermined so that I DON'T have to think about it in the field very much. Having the decisions made in advance is curiously liberating.
It was after printing 12x16 and 16x20 for a class that I decided I was happy with 11x14 and now 8x10 and smaller contacts.
I don't believe that I've seen much 12x16 paper for sale. Where is it available? Or are you cutting down another size?
I don't believe that I've seen much 12x16 paper for sale. Where is it available? Or are you cutting down another size?
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