Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sound great!. I don't think though that having the glass in contact with the print is cool. A gap is needed for any gases to escape. But check into it. On 12/30/14 7:17 PM, "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > > -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/