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Re: to mat or not..
This brings up an interesting point. What is the current state of thinking about
dry mounting pt/pd and other alt process prints? Recent tests with GSP suggest
that dry mounting actually improves archival stability. What do you folks
think/do with your prints?
Guy
Steve Shapiro wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosae Reeder"
> Subject: Re: to mat or not..
>
> > In response to the comment..do you think that the borders are just as
> > important as the print..NO WAY!...
> >
> > I think it is a matter of preference..I do not overmat my prints and when
> > framing them, often leave the edges visible because I do feel that my
> > brushstrokes are an important part of my prints.
> >
> > I feel the same about my non photographic prints..I always frame them with
> > the edges of the paper showing..float framed because I feel that the
> border
> > around the print is and can be a part of the image area. Paper is
> important
> > to the print. No matter whether an image is overmatted or not..that border
> > becomes part of the vision area..ie, color of the mat, width of the
> border,
> > texture etc.
> >
> > finally, I guess it all boils down to preference. I appreciate the fact
> that
> > some people include the border as part of their image area. Some amazingly
> > serendipidous things can be discovered in the borders.
> >
> Recent articles by master photographers who write into our photo journals
> have give great accolades to this. In fact, Vestal described a show of
> photographs displayed in box frames where the pictures were presented as
> artifacts in themselves.
>
> I too have that feeling about the whole piece of paper as the photograph.
>
> S. Shaprio, Carmel