Premium Photos · 6 min read
What Is Fine-Art Photography?
The term gets used loosely enough to mean almost nothing. Here is the distinction that actually holds: intent, control over the print, and…
Photography
7 guides to photographic prints: what makes a photograph fine-art, how C-type, giclée and archival printing differ, and what an edition number means.
Mixed Media · 5 min read
Giclée or Photographic Print? What Print Quality Really Means
Giclée, archival, museum quality — the vocabulary of print production is mostly used to sell rather than to describe. Here is what the…
Premium Photos · 6 min read
What Makes a Photography Print Collectible?
Six factors decide whether a photographic print is a collectible object or a nicely printed picture. Only two of them are about the image.
Photography · 6 min read
C-Type vs Giclée vs Archival: Print Processes Compared
Three processes, three different objects. What actually separates a C-type from a giclée from an archival pigment print — chemistry,…
Photography · 5 min read
What Does 1/25 Mean on a Print?
The fraction on a limited-edition print says two different things, and only one of them affects value. Plus what AP, EP and HC mean when…
Photography · 5 min read
Why Are Limited Editions Signed?
A signature on a print is doing a specific job, and it is not the one most people assume. What it proves, where it belongs, and why an…
Black & white · 3 min read
Why Black-and-White Photography Endures
Strip away colour and you are left with light, shadow and form. Why monochrome prints remain a collector favourite — and how to choose one…