Print Sales
Reproduction & Copyright
Commercial Photography
I work exclusively with traditional black & white photography. My selenium toned silver gelatine prints are made from the original negative
BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH FINE PRINT SALES
Fine black & white prints are available for sale as archivally processed selenium toned silver gelatine prints from the original black & white negative
Prices
For nudes and other images with an edition limit of eight black and white prints in rag-mats in hand
made portfolio cases, sizes are image sizes in inches. Framed prints are the same price as those in
portfolio cases
18 x 21" & 18" square matted to 24 x 30 edition i-iv A$720
15 x 18" & 15" square matted to 20 x 24" i-iv A$640
10 x 12.5", 9 x 13.5" & 11" square matted to 16 x 20 edition i-iv A$540
6 x 7.5", 6 x 9" & 7" square matted to 11 x 14" i-iv A$450
18 x 21" & 18" square matted to 24 x 30 edition i-vii A$640
15 x 18" & 15" square matted to 20 x 24" edition i-vii A$540
10 x 12.5", 9 x 13.5" & 11" square matted to 16 x 20 edition i-vii A$450
6 x 7.5", 6 x 9" & 7" square matted to 11 x 14" edition i-vii A$320
PRINT EDITION POLICY
Nudes, portraits and some documentary and landscape photographs are limited to a total
of eight prints of any image in any print size - In addition I allow a total of four artist's
proofs
Landscape Black and White Images are limited to a total of thirty two prints of any image in any print size - In addition I allow a total of four artist's proofs
Documentary Images, Forest protest, most Artist Portraits etc are limited to a total of thirty two in any print size, excluding digital files for magazine, video or book reproduction. In addition I allow 4 artist's proofs
Limiting the size of a print edition traditionally came from the use of metal plates for etching, where the etched plate was compressed and the ink holding lines crushed slightly with each impression. Now it has been adopted to give a guarantee to purchasers that prints will not suddenly appear everywhere
Work prints
are sometimes produced as initial proofs to anything up to 10 x 8" - These are the prints used for
scans for this website - A few of these have been
matted and given to my two daughters as birthday or Christmas gifts
REPRODUCTION
Images for reproduction can be purchased at normal international or MEAA/AJA reproduction rates
Free reproduction is available following written agreemnent for legitimate research or educational projects and environmental publications.
For reproduction I post CD or 10 x 8" prints - given the limits of Australian broadband email is only available for small files
I am mindfully brutal with cases of copyright breach
Commercial Photgraphy Includes
Black & White Portraiture
Visual Arts Documentation
Performing Arts Documentation
BLACK & WHITE PROCESSING & PRINTING
Fine archival processing & printing for exhibitions, collections and for those who demand the utmost quality
Printing to 20 x 24" on neutral or warm tone fibre based papers, archival processing including selenium toning
About my Black and White Photographs My black & white photographs are in many collections, including the National Portrait Gallery; the Art Gallery of Western Australia; the Australian National Library; Curtin University, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery; Western Australian Department of Justice and private collections in Australia, Singapore, the USA, South America and England
Digital Photography I do use digital photography, this website is one example. However I am not prepared to lower my standards to the currently available quality of digital prints. I therefore only provide high quality black and white photographs hand printed from the original negative
Fine black & white photography and photo-documentation This site contains both fine black & white photography and photo-documentation. This is because as a photographer living and working in the south west of Australia I consider it a lie to just make pretty pictures for tourists. This is an area under threat from global climate change and local climate and other changes brought about by the continued logging of the tiny remnants of forest and the suburbanisation of coastal wetlands
I shall continue to use this site, publications and exhibitions to show both the beauty and the environmental disaster we live in. At their heart photography, art and writing are political acts
Printing Etc
Following is a description of my technique - I am adding it now in 2007 as my processes are becoming an anachronism - I continue to work with traditional materials in the age of digital imagery, though much of my work crosses over to digital for reproduction etc
EXPLANATION
Archivally-processed selenium-toned fibre-based silver-gelatine black & whtie prints.
"Silver gelatine" is the traditional black & white photographic print medium. Silver is the metal used to
form a permanent image in the gelatine coating on the paper. Fibre based means the print substrate is paper,
not plastic, and is made acid free by the final print processes. Selenium toned, and for some prints
gold-toned, refers to the layer of selenium or gold coated on each crystal of silver to protect the
image from city or industrial (atmospheric sulphur) pollution. Archival processing means the print has
been treated with care and all acid and sulphur compounds from fixing the image have been removed.
Rag board mats are the board backing and board frame supporting the print, which are Crescent Rag-Mat 100% cotton, acid-free and lignin-free. These are amongst the best acid free museum quality boards available. The print is held in the mat by two acid-free paper hinges, which allow the print to move when changes in humidity occur, such as when a print is taken from a gallery to a house. This movement is caused by the changes in humidity affecting the layers of the print at different rates. The print will settle flat again in a few days or so.
GUARANTEE
Given the above, the print is worth at least two hundred years if stored and displayed appropriately - if any deterioration occurs to the photograph during my working life, apart from damage due to poor storage or handling, I will replace it free of charge
DARKROOM
The four enlargers on the left of my darkroom are the finest available. The monster at the far end is a huge 10 x 8" (20 x 25cm) negative size DeVere 5108E. It carries a set of Rodenstock and Schneider enlarging lenses giving the finest image quality possible. The film processing line opposite the big DeVere uses Agfa 17 replenished developer which is now over 21 years old and, like me, continues to improve with age
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