Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for that last line Mark: very much appreciated. I plan to cold mount (because I don't have a hot press and a cold mounter can be tucked away more easily) with archival mounting materials (boards and sticky stuff). I don't think that's a real time/cost sinkhole. So it will be archival, but no frame, matte around it, etc. Just the print. Perfectly safe from an archival point of view. If someone wants it, they can float mount it in any frame, color or size they want. Their choice fits their need better than I can guess. If MOMA wants one, I'll print it special for them :-) Storage will also be much easier. I have a closet full of archival mounted and framed prints taking up a lot of space. So I'm going to give those to senior centers and start loosing weight and bulk. Kind of like what you did with your body, I'm going to do with my prints. So archival but simple: KISS for displaying! On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Bob! Printing and mounting and or framing is cost and labor intensive as > you well know. The way I feel about it at this point is that I might as > well > be using the right materials in the right way because you never know!?! > Someone could say "hey you're a photographer will you hang your stuff on my > gallery wall? Can I buy one of your prints to hang next to my Salgado > print? > And then when they find out your board has acid in it they cancel their > check. You are not one of the boys! If checks still exist I've not seen my > checkbook in awhile. > It pays to extend some feelers and make your prints kosher according to > Hoyle. > I have a long time relationship with Light Impressions they used to send me > their catalog which I'd put next to my Calumet catalog and Zone VI catalog. > Now they're on the internet. http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/ > They supply the materials and info to make my prints viable in the open > market of serious print collectors who pay hundreds to thousands for a > print > instead of the standard internet forty bucks. > I'd get my rag board from them and my Acid-Free Linen Tape. Sometimes id > get > their frame kits. > There are so many losers on the internet who pretend they're photographers > but they give themselves away using cheap tripods and cheap mount board! > To me you're the read deal. > > > On 12/30/14 12:27 AM, "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Well I'm going to start getting back into printing and mounting in > January. I > > think I'm going to expand on an idea of Paul Roark's and just mount on > > archival matte or gator board with, perhaps a protective spray. Stick > that on > > a wall. > > > > I like to photograph and print. I don't like to frame with > plexiglass/glass > > fronts and make frames. Diy framing is a PITA. PAYING someone to do > large > > prints is outrageously expensive. > > > > I just don't really care what the "art world" calls standard. The > framers get > > the money if it sells or not, and I get a few hundred bucks if one sells > and > > am stuck with the costs of the other frames. If a viewer doesn't like the > > freaking frame the print won't sell. I know this from experience. > > > > So there it will be; a bare assed print. Sells or not but only the cost > of the > > print and board. Plus you really see the print. It's as intimate as it > gets. > > Books are tempting too but you can't go wall sized. > > > > And more time for capturing light. Conventional standards don't benefit > the > > photographer or enhance the interaction of the viewer one bit: only > benefits > > the framers and gallery owners who couldn't care a less about the image: > only > > if it sells. > > > > Fighting a cold so please forgive any grouchiness. I may not sell > anything but > > I won't go broke in the process. And if presentation is the primary > factor for > > a print selling, well that certainly ain't very satisfying! > > G'nite all. :-) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler