Digital BW, The Print

Yvonne,

Thanks for the additional viewpoint you have added to this thread.
Granted, what follows may just be the opinion of a novice with more 
opinions than experience but here goes anyway:

Showing the edges of a print is a respected tradition which pre-
dates photography and which I have done on the few occassions that 
I've contributed etchings to group shows. Protecting a print that 
has ample margins all around(un-matted, un-mounted, un-framed) 
behind glass or plexi and hanging with minimal hardware is, I feel,a 
less adulterated method of presentation but not one which is 
preferred in most venues. to further complicate this, etchings and 
monotypes, as you probably know quite well, are usually signed and 
titled in the print margin but may artists sign within the 
borders of the image instead of in the margin.

It appears that the manner of presentation which an individual 
artist chooses is dependent on a wide variety of factors not to 
mention the artist's mood at the time and the traditions she/he 
chooses to follow.  The question remains: What do people do and why?

Regards,

Rudy
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Rudy Ternbach
South Hadley, MAsstts
    

-----------------Original Message-----------------------
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Yvonne Muller" 
<bellvale@...> wrote:
>
> Arthur,
> 
> It just depends on your emphasis.  Cropped images seem most
> appropriate for informal art and for advertising, editorial, etc.. 
> Showing the edges of an image (even if it has been cropped by the
> artist in process)and sometimes showing the edges of fine paper as
> well,particularly deckled edges), is a sensual, classy approach 
that
> presents the entire piece.  It's more of a museum approach.
> 
> Signing the mat has always seemed silly to me because the mat isn't
> art.  Ah, well.
>  
> Yvonne Muller  www.yvonnemuller.com 
> 
> ........
> > > 
> > > But I see other photographers signing and numbering just the 
> > print, 
> > > and cutting an overmat with a larger opening so that the 
signature 
> > on 
> > > the print shows.  Also, there's a bit of space showing around 
the 
> > > rest of the print.
> > > 
> > > I'm told that galleries prefer this, although visually I tend 
to 
> > > prefer seeing the mat opening right against the edges of the 
print 
> > > (with perhaps 1/16" of the print hidden).
> > > 
> > > So ... before matting and framing for three shows, I'm asking 
here 
> > > ... what do you do, and why?
> > > 
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