Digital BW, The Print

I've sometimes wondered at peoples desire to frame without glass.  We had an
opening here this weekend of photography at the local community college.
Half of the work was digital output, most of it behind glass.

Now I'm always astonished that people feel they can point to the point of
poking works of art - and they DO.

There was one work, which was a composite of images blended together for a
seamless effect, except the irregular edges were left in place.  This is a
'straight' photograph, the blend is only because we don't all walk around
with 6x17pano cameras.  It had many peoples attention because of their
fascination with seeing the perfection of the blend (which the artist did
'manually' in photoshop, not a stitch program).

If it had not been behind glass it would effectively been damaged on opening
night - and not by children.  Therefore if a work is publicly accessible &
you want the feel of framing without glazing, I would recommend using
AR/Museum glass - Worth the expense.

Cleavis

Please translate: "AR/Museum" glass. What is it and from where is it
available.

Appreciate it no end.

Capuozzo

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Lyons Cox [mailto:lyonscox@...]
  Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 11:23 AM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Digital BW] Framing without glass


  I've sometimes wondered at peoples desire to frame without glass.  We had
an
  opening here this weekend of photography at the local community college.
  Half of the work was digital output, most of it behind glass.

  Now I'm always astonished that people feel they can point to the point of
  poking works of art - and they DO.

  There was one work, which was a composite of images blended together for a
  seamless effect, except the irregular edges were left in place.  This is a
  'straight' photograph, the blend is only because we don't all walk around
  with 6x17pano cameras.  It had many peoples attention because of their
  fascination with seeing the perfection of the blend (which the artist did
  'manually' in photoshop, not a stitch program).

  If it had not been behind glass it would effectively been damaged on
opening
  night - and not by children.  Therefore if a work is publicly accessible &
  you want the feel of framing without glazing, I would recommend using
  AR/Museum glass - Worth the expense.

  Cleavis


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i remember seeing prints in a show a while ago that
had this great feel of depth to them. they were very
simple photographs and were simply framed without
glass. had they been behind glass they would have
looked completely different and, in my opinion, less
intersting. 

while glass may have it's place, so too does glassless
framing. 

and i can't believe audiences in galleries are so
naive as to actually be touching the work. cleavis,
where is this audience of goths? 

-michael meyer
michaelmeyerphoto.com

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Not mention that if you matt with museum rag board, it is a delicacy for
bugs...hence a sealed frame.

Regards,

  --Ken Carney
    www.kencarney.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Lyons Cox" <lyonscox@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 10:23 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Framing without glass


> I've sometimes wondered at peoples desire to frame without glass.  We had
an
> opening here this weekend of photography at the local community college.
> Half of the work was digital output, most of it behind glass.
>
> Now I'm always astonished that people feel they can point to the point of
> poking works of art - and they DO.
>
> There was one work, which was a composite of images blended together for a
> seamless effect, except the irregular edges were left in place.  This is a
> 'straight' photograph, the blend is only because we don't all walk around
> with 6x17pano cameras.  It had many peoples attention because of their
> fascination with seeing the perfection of the blend (which the artist did
> 'manually' in photoshop, not a stitch program).
>
> If it had not been behind glass it would effectively been damaged on
opening
> night - and not by children.  Therefore if a work is publicly accessible &
> you want the feel of framing without glazing, I would recommend using
> AR/Museum glass - Worth the expense.
>
> Cleavis
>
>
>
> Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and
other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
>
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&amp;amp;quot;flames.&amp;amp;quot;
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>
>
>
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>