[Leica] Any recommendations prints on gatorboard?

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

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:
> 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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