Limited edition prints are each individually signed, dated and numbered. We track each photograph sold and its provenance and history.
Platinum prints are each hand coated, printed and developed as outlined here.
The paper is manufactured in Italy from 100% cotton, but unlike most other archival fine art paper, the paper has NO buffering alkaline agents (i.e. calcium carbonate) added during the paper-making process and little to no iron content. The paper prints extremely well, displaying rich, even tonality and deep blacks. The paper clears well in the solution baths and dries flat.
The platinum printing process is quite challenging because of the amount of steps required to achieve positive final results. The paper is surface treated with a very specific platinum coating, then image exposure using ultra violet light (very similar to the photographic process of generating prints), then the paper goes through several steps of a clearing process by immersing the print in several bathes of acid-based solutions to remove the platinum particle coating from the sheet’s surface.
The lack of buffering agents and iron is very important because of the print’s interaction with acid-based solutions during the clearing process which only cause a negative balance in the generating of a final print.
Black and White archival prints are printed 315 GSM paper made from 100% cotton fiber. Depending on the subject, these are either printed on natural Matte paper or a semi-gloss.
This paper is an archival, museum grade paper.
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- True conservation grade media – No optical brighteners , acid free, lignin free
- Natural White Paper – Neither warm or cool surface tone
- FOGRA Certified ISO 9706 (paper aging standards)
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