Digital BW, The Print

My 16x20;

have a thin black border to define the image.
have a 1/4 white border - 
cept on bottom which is 5/8
the bottom have title, location, my name & city printed in light open script (not small)
I print the matting, too.

Buying a framed print doen't make sense to me. Everything depends on where it's displayed. The print can be matted any of several ways and that is nothing I'm concerned about. I can leave that to the "decorators".

gar


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On 5/2/08 at 3:49 PM Angelique Raptakis wrote:

>When you show the edges of an image, do you print a thin line around the
>image area to separate where the image stops?  I've wondered about this,
>particularly when the image has a white or light colored background.
>
>~angelique
>
>On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:18 AM, 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?
>> > >
>> > > Arthur Fink
>>
>>
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