Digital BW, The Print

Hey Group:

On many occasions, I have asked shows/galleries to suggest what they would
call them which makes one seem considerate and accomodating instead of
insisting on a name that will only create more questions than answer.  Most
prefer Giclee and if that's what they what their clients/viewers have come
to know as inkjet prints, then I don't want to confuse and happily go along.


However, for those who feel that more of a distinction be made I humbly
offer a few suggestions. If a show/catalog/website has many reproductions
listed as Giclee, I don't want my work to seem misrepresented so I then call
it something else to set it apart.  For the uneducated (none my buyers are
art critics or jurors) who may not be familiar with the term, I think giclee
can become just as confusing when trying to explain what my prints are.   

I call them:   Fine Ink Print (Fine being for archival quality and Ink for
being descriptive of the nature of process) or for those photographs I have
transformed digitally into what looks like a painting I call those:  Fine
Photographic Ink Print  because I don't want people to think I am a painter
and to know that the art is based on photography.  

This is used for both BW/Color prints.  By not calling them Carbon Ink Print
I have avoided confusion with the traditional carbon process and many
questions of what carbon ink is and all that.  If questions of archival
quality and ink used is raised I'm happy to inform as well.  I think most
people just want to know it's a high quality print (not made on a cheap home
inkjet) and I think Fine Ink Print is short and sweet.  If you call it a
"fine" print then I think it's assumed by both parties that the print should
endure and not crumble or fade.  

So that's my two cents worth.  Not that I'm right or wrong, is just what I
do and the thinking behind it.  Have enjoyed the discussion on this and now
I'm no longer a lurker. 
Regards, 
Eclipse Agency