Re: My First Digital Pigment Over Platinum

[Pam Niedermayer <pam_pine@cape.com>]

Wow, very impressive, just love the 3D effect in the Versailles
prints. Would love to see larger versions. Did you also print the
negatives on the 7000?

Pam

FDanB@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Now that the initial batch of testing is complete, you can see my first
> group of Pigment Over Platinum images at the following:
> 
> http://www.danburkholder.com/pigmentoverplatinum/frameset.htm
> 
> It was hard to get interested in color when our control was so limited,
> particularly when it came to expressing the image as a print. That's all
> changed in the past year. Not only can we have fine control of color and
> contrast, we can also make prints that last longer than other color
> processes. After two decades of working in black and white, color
> photography is again exciting.
>...
> There was no film used for these images. They were shot with proconsumer
> grade digital cameras. From there I made the desktop digital negatives
> and printed in platinum/palladium. I apply the pigment in registration on
> an Epson 7000 inkjet printer using Jon Cone's Color Piezography pigments.
> These pigments are estimated to last in excess of 200 years and are
> reportedly superior to Epson's own pigments.
> ...
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Pamela G. Niedermayer
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