[Alt-photo] Re: Editioning of Alternative process prints

[Peter Friedrichsen]

Hi Suzanne,

Thanks so much for the useful feedback.

I reviewed your interesting work on your site and it does make sense 
to me that each one would be considered original. Your overpainting 
would certainly move the final work of art further from the  original 
image. I guess the question remains however, as to what degree of 
manipulation is reasonable in order for a print to be considered 
original vs editioned. Is it the color scheme, additional overlayers, 
size, type of paper, variations in brush marks of an emulsion etc...

Peter Friedrichsen

At 03:58 PM 06/05/2013, you wrote:
>Hello Peter,
>
>Yes I went through exactly the same questions and conundrums last 
>year when preparing to exhibit a new set of cyanotypes in a local 
>gallery. I considered using the EV convention, but decided against 
>it. I decided that every image will be an original because I 
>overpaint each print with watercolors and metallic pigments. Instead 
>of using LE or EV, I went with providing a certificate of 
>authenticity for each print, which clearly states that one negative 
>might produce multiple prints, but that each is a unique original, 
>and gave the reasons why. I also included a photo of the print 
>itself on the certificate.
>
>You can see the set of images here;
>http://www.hotsteeldesign.com/danceart/cyanotypes/index.html
>
>Hope that helps,
>Suzanne Steel
>
>
>On May 6, 2013, at 12:43 PM, Peter Friedrichsen wrote:
>
>Just wondering if there is a convention for editioning of alt prints?
>
>There must be some differences in how this is approached because 
>prints made from the same negative(s) are going vary from one to the 
>next due to all the variables that we can only control to some 
>degree in a hand-made process.
>
>I have seen references to the use of "Edition Variee" to emphasize 
>that a series of prints may vary in appearance from one to the next.
>
>Anyone care to comment on what they think may be the most appropriate form?
>
>Peter Friedrichsen
>
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