[Leica] Any recommendations prints on gatorboard?

[Ken Carney]

OK, I stand corrected.  I might have been thinking about sealing off the 
bathroom in the hotel, unloading film holders  (into boxes marked N, 
N-1, N-2 and so forth) then reloading them while the normal people were 
downstairs at the bar.


On 12/30/2014 5:30 PM, Richard Man wrote:
> Ken, developing sheet film is a piece of cake comparing to framing!
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> On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:
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>> That's very interesting - please keep us posted.  I see gatorboard is
>> available also in 1" and 1 1/2" thicknesses, so it should make a pretty
>> substantial mount.  I wonder if it is possible to get a good presentation
>> with the print temporarily mounted, with something like mounting corners,
>> and white space (gatorboard) around the print. Probably not especially for
>> large prints.  Or, maybe a temporary fastening for the print, with a window
>> mat over the print and temporarily attached to the gatorboard.  Then the
>> buyer could put that in a metal frame of choice if desired. It's probably
>> not Library of Congress archival, but with the papers and inks available
>> now, and acid-free foam board, I have to wonder if there is any real
>> difference.  I agree that framing is a royal PITA, probably up there with
>> developing sheet film.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
>> On 12/29/2014 11:27 PM, Bob Adler wrote:
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>>> 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. :-)
>>>
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