If I shot a photograph in 1992, but made the first > print of that negative in 2002, when was that photograph created as far as the > exhibition world is concerned? > > Conrad It's my understanding that if you are making a limited edition, the date is the date of printing. To pre-date the print would falsely add 10 years of "provenance" to the print. For example, here is a sample of one of my titles I place on the bottom of the print- "Zacatecas Building Facade circa 1998". Then I place the edition number in the middle- "3/15". Then on the far right, I sign it with the date of printing, noting only the year- "John Luke, 2002". This print on demand certainly adds some stickey issues to making limited edition runs. It appears that the most ethical and consistant way is to run the entire edition ot one printing session, title and date them, and archive the file for the art historians and archeologists (or possible book publication). Hope this helps.
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Re: What's "new"?
2002-06-19 by jjlphoto
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