Digital BW, The Print

As a matter of general interest we have a Mario Testino exhibition on at the
National Portrait Gallery here in the U of K.
Now by any standards this is a prestige related situation as the NPG houses
a substantial collection of pic's from the 17th century onwards, so we are
talking oils here and famous oils at that. Kings, Queens, good, bad or
indifferent, there they all hang just waiting to be looked at.

Some of the great Testi one's images are inkjet - or I'm a dutchman - mighty
big too and so far all the reviewer comments have been positive - mind you
no one has asked for my opinion yet so for a more a balanced view you will
all have to wait, and for a very long time I might add.

No doubt, and once the old show closes down, someone or two will make an
offer for the inkjets - indeed I doubt that the buyer would know they were
inkjet because at the viewing distance required (lets talk 12 ft) who could
tell.
If one found it necessary to close right in and view the image using a
suitable magnifier then one might be accused of being less interested in the
subjective than Mr Testino would wish and were he present at the time no
doubt he would fetch the viewer a right fourpenny one for being so
presumptuous..

Incidentally I am off to Florence this weekend and by using  the quite
amazing Kodak Technical Pan Film, I am expecting to return with some of the
old worlds most stunning landscapes which in turn will be produced using the
new worlds most stunning A3+ landscape output device, namely an Epson 1290.
Once the world becomes aware of my work, I have every confidence that the
kind of money offered will make it possible for me never to have to return
to this newsgroup, sorry but there we are, that's life.
Mind you anyone interested in learning new things could always buy my book

"How to produce the worlds most beautiful Gicle's using a Canon EOS 3 and an
Epson A3+ printer"

It's a long title I know but then it will be a long book, like A3+ in size.

Dick,

I've seen a couple of panoramic format books "Skyscrapers" and "Bridges" (I
think the catchy titles) - but what is definitely interesting about them,
compared to say "New York vertical" amongst others I'm sure, is that they
are bound on the short edge.  So the book must be about 9" tall, and about
4-foot wide in the case of the bridges (when opened)  Makes for quite a
handful - but impressive.

So, the format does work, and should give you plenty of space for your
title - it can be printed across the whole cover if you desire, and 4'
should be enough.

I'm afraid though that the proportions are such that should you do the same
with 13" wide prints, your book would have to be about 7' long when open.
This would make for coffee-table size requirement of at least 8' wide (allow
for some coffee).

This may seem impractical at first, but if only you can work with Starck or
Rogers and have a special 'architectural' coffee table designed for the
book, I feel confident you'll be on to a winner, ther limited edition of
which when installed in anyone's loft apartment will both bring enjoyment
and pleasure to the owner. Perhaps we could look forward to an installation
in the central hall of the new Tate (if the coffee table is abstract
enough).

Take care, and enjoy your trip!

nij


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dickbo [mailto:Dickbo@...]
<snip>

> Mind you anyone interested in learning new things could always buy my book
>
> "How to produce the worlds most beautiful Gicle's using a Canon
> EOS 3 and an
> Epson A3+ printer"
>
> It's a long title I know but then it will be a long book, like
> A3+ in size.

You are a very practical man and speaking frankly I like the cut of your
jibe  (:-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nij" <nigel@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 10:23 AM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] B&W Magazine "drops" digital prints - and will pay
for it by golly.


> Dick,
>
> I've seen a couple of panoramic format books "Skyscrapers" and "Bridges"
(I
> think the catchy titles) - but what is definitely interesting about them,
> compared to say "New York vertical" amongst others I'm sure, is that they
> are bound on the short edge.  So the book must be about 9" tall, and about
> 4-foot wide in the case of the bridges (when opened)  Makes for quite a
> handful - but impressive.
>
> So, the format does work, and should give you plenty of space for your
> title - it can be printed across the whole cover if you desire, and 4'
> should be enough.
>
> I'm afraid though that the proportions are such that should you do the
same
> with 13" wide prints, your book would have to be about 7' long when open.
> This would make for coffee-table size requirement of at least 8' wide
(allow
> for some coffee).
>
> This may seem impractical at first, but if only you can work with Starck
or
> Rogers and have a special 'architectural' coffee table designed for the
> book, I feel confident you'll be on to a winner, ther limited edition of
> which when installed in anyone's loft apartment will both bring enjoyment
> and pleasure to the owner. Perhaps we could look forward to an
installation
> in the central hall of the new Tate (if the coffee table is abstract
> enough).
>
> Take care, and enjoy your trip!
>
> nij
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dickbo [mailto:Dickbo@...]
> <snip>
> > Mind you anyone interested in learning new things could always buy my
book
> >
> > "How to produce the worlds most beautiful Gicle's using a Canon
> > EOS 3 and an
> > Epson A3+ printer"
> >
> > It's a long title I know but then it will be a long book, like
> > A3+ in size.
>
>
>
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