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  • Exhibition Catalogue : Éric HOUDOYER : Campagne,  at Galerie GADCOLLECTION. The exhibition will run from April 17 to May 12, 2024. 4 rue du pont Louis-Philippe 75004 Paris
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  • Catalogue of Véronique Bricout-Denis's exhibition at Galerie GADCOLLECTION. The exhibition runs from March 20 to 28, 2024. Galerie GADCOLLECTION 4 rue du pont Louis-Philippe 75004 Paris
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  • Catalogue of Bertrand Delais's exhibition at Galerie GADCOLLECTION. The exhibition runs from February 29 to March 17, 2024. Galerie GADCOLLECTION 4 rue du pont Louis-Philippe 75004 Paris
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  • William HELBURN, a Visionary in Fashion Photography William HELBURN, a renowned photographer, has left an indelible mark on the world of fashion and advertising photography throughout his career spanning several decades. Born on February 19, 1924, in New York, and passing away on November 3, 2020, HELBURN developed a ...
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  • Catalogue of William HELBURN's exhibition : 'A Master of Fashion Photography', at Galerie GADCOLLECTION. The exhibition runs from  November 30, 2023 to January 21, 2024. Galerie GADCOLLECTION 4 rue du pont Louis-Philippe 75004 Paris
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  • Catalogue of Gary ZUERCHER's exhibition : Bridges of Paris by Night, at Galerie GADCOLLECTION. The exhibition runs from October 26 to November 21. Galerie GADCOLLECTION 4 rue du pont Louis-Philippe 75004 Paris
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  • Exhibition Catalogue by Cássio VASCONCELLOS - New Works at Galerie GADCOLLECTION. From 13 Septembre au 23 October, 2023
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  • Exhibition Douglas Kirkland | Brigitte Bardot 'Doug my Darling' | 8 June - 21 July 2023
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  • Catalogue of the Exhibition : Earth Curve  A History of Earth Seen from Space
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  • Catalogue of the Exhibition : Earthrise  A History of Earth seen from Space
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  • Catalogue of the exhibition H2O about Water. Photographs by Alessandro Piredda, Cássio Vasconcellos, Douglas Kirkland, Guillaume Cannat, Jean-Daniel Lorieux, Kyriakos Kaziras, Manolo Chrétien, Nasa, Paul Nicklen et Stephen Wilkes November 10,  2022 - January 11, 2023
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  • Catalogue Guillaume CANNAT | 'La tête dans les Étoiles' | June 8 - July 21, 2022
    Catalogue Guillaume CANNAT| 'La tête dans les Étoiles' | June 8 - July 21, 2022  Galerie GADCOLLECTION 4 rue du pont Louis-Philippe 75004 Paris Artist Bio
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  • Catalogue Stephen Wilkes | Ellis Island - Land of Hopes and Dreams | March 17 - May 22,  2022
    Catalogue de l'exposition des photographies de Stephen Wilkes 'Ellis Island' - Land ofHopes and Dreams.  March 17 - May 22, 2022 Galerie GADCOLLECTION 4 rue du pont Louis-Philippe 75004 Paris
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  • Buy Art Photographs
    A recent art, photography is nowadays more and more present in art galleries. Some, like the GADCOLLECTION Gallery, are even dedicated exclusively to this artistic field. Buying or gifting fine art photography has therefore become popular and popular. But what exactly is fine art photography ? What gives a photograph i...
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  • Street Photography
    In the age of smartphones and social media, street photography has become particularly trendy. Indeed, taking a photo of passers-by or urban elements in order to immortalize a moment or underline an aesthetic has never been so easy. Although it has never left the art galleries, this photographic genre born at the end o...
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  • Offer an art photography
    Gifting fine art photography for birthdays or parties is an original and thoughtful idea. Art, in addition to being a gift of quality, imperishable and poetic, adapts to everyone. The GADCOLLECTION Gallery offers a wide choice of original art photographs, numbered and signed by the artists, to be found here. It is a...
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  • Catalogue Exhibition " Color Your Life ! " |  November 9, 2021 -  January 9, 2022
    Catalogue realized for the exhibition « Color your Life !  » or « A Chromatic Approach » or « Colors ? » Choose the title that suits you ! ! November 9, 2021 – January 9, 2021
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  • Catalogue of the exhibition by Douglas KIRKLAND | Marilyn Monroe from September 3 to October 10, 2021 In partnership with the Champs Elysées Film Festival. 4 rue du pont Louis-Philippe 75004 Paris www.gadcollection.com
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  • Guillaume CANNAT is a French photographer. Born in 1962, fascinated by astronomy from a young age, Guillaume Cannat made his passion his profession. He is not an astrophysicist, as he likes to remember. Guillaume Cannat is a true lover of space, of the planets. For forty years he has observed, and made people observe,...
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  • Fashion photography
    Iconic photographs, unforgettable photographs, inspiring photographs… Fashion photographs are part of our lives and influence them. Ormond GIGLI, Douglas KIRKLAND and Jean-Daniel LORIEUX, represented by Galerie GADCOLLECTION, are the masters. What is fashion photography? The notion of "fashion" refers to the way ...
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  • Polar animal photography
    Nowadays, sea ice animals are at the heart of debates on global warming. Images of polar bears from drifting glaciers are often used to raise awareness of melting snow. The GADCOLLECTION Gallery represents many artists offering polar animal photography.    To view the online exhibition of the Photography Museum on...
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  • Paul Nicklen is a Canadian photographer and marine biologist specializing in the polar regions and their wildlife. It has documented the beauty and fate of our planet for over twenty years. As an expedition photographer for National Geographic magazine, Paul Nicklen captures the imagination of a global audience. He sta...
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  • Architectural Photography
    Advertising photographs, photographs of new buildings or tourist photographs... These days, architectural photography is everywhere. The GADCOLLECTION Gallery represents many artists offering architectural photography.   What is architectural photography?   Architectural photography is a kind of photography. It ...
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  • Urbex Photography
    Urbex photography has gained exceptional visibility these days. Many photographers popularized thismovement andmade it known toa wider audience.Thefirstprinciples of urbex being solitude and secrecy, this popularization seems unnatural. This is indeed a hidden and prohibited activity. However, the photographers on this...
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  • Catalog realized for the exhibition of Kyriakos KAZIRAS 'African Panthera' June 24 to July 31, 2021
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  • Catalog created for the exhibition of Rachel LEVY's photographs 'Herbarium' The exhibition takes place at Galerie GADCOLLECTION from May 12 to June 22, 2021
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  • Personal exhibition of the great French fashion photographer Jean-Daniel LORIEUX at Galerie GADCOLLECTION, from Tuesday April 6 to Sunday May 9, 2021.
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  • Exhibition "Small World" | Group Show : Dobrowner / Kaziras / Nasa / Nicklen / Wilkes | February 27 - March 28, 2021
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  • Catalog of the photographs by Paul NICKLEN for the exhibition 'Un Voyage', December 5, 2020 - February 7, 2021
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  • Catalog - Ormond GIGLI | Exhibition "Unseen Vintage works" | October 10 - December 4, 2020
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  • First solo show of french photographer Éric HOUDOYER at Galerie GADCOLLECTION - Paris. The exhibition willrunfrom September 10 to October 4, 20202.
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  • Masters of wildlife photography
    For a long time in the West, animals were seen as devoid of emotion. Althought this idea may be still present, the masters of wildlife photography contradict it. Passionate photographers take us all over the planet, to discover wildlife and to give us a glimpse of how much closer humans and animals are. We invite y...
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  • Jean-Daniel Lorieux is one of the most famous French fashion photographers of the 20th century. He was born in 1937 in Paris into a family of industrialists. Fleeing from the rigors of Jesuit education, he took refuge in the theater and attended René Simon’s drama lessons. However, his dreams of cinema were thwarte...
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  • How to find and choose the perfect black and white elephant print
    Elephants are majestic animals that embody power and wisdom. Through the black and white photo, our photographers magnify these extraordinary mammals. Finding the right photograph of an elephant is a challenge if you only rely on image banks and the Internet. The GADCOLLECTION gallery has been working for years wi...
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  • Choosing a large format fine art photo
    Why and how to choose a large format fine art photography ? Large size photo prints are prefered by many artists. Whether it be Jeff WALL, Massimo VITALI, Gregory CREWDSON or Stephen WILKES, they all use giant formats to immerse us in the heart of their pictures. You can search for a large format photograph for ...
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  • Black and white art photography
    The GADCOLLECTION Gallery offers black and white photo prints. The photographers represented by the gallery use black and white to magnify their subjects and give them a timeless dimension. We invite you to explore the characteristics of this technique, which has been used by great photographers, such as Henri CART...
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  • Cássio VASCONCELLOS (1965-) is a Brazilian photographer, born in São Paulo. He studied photography at the Imagem-Ação school of São Paulo before starting a career in photojournalism. In between photo stories and advertising work, he shoots for his own photographic collection. Active since 1981, VASCONCELLOS has...
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  • Catalog published during the exhibition of Kyriakos Kaziras ' Africa' at Galerie GADCOLLECTION, June 11 - July 26, 2020
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  • Vincent FOURNIER is a french photographer well known for his séries :  Space Project, Space Utopia, The Man Machine, Brasilia and Post Natural History.
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  • After the sensational success of the exhibition ‘Nous les Arbres’ atthe Fondation Cartier, Galerie GADCOLLECTION is proud to host the first European solo exhibition of renowned Brazilian photographer Cássio VASCONCELLOS. From March 11 to June 7, 2020, Galerie GADCOLLECTION will showcase 12 photographs most of the...
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  • Galerie GADCOLLECTION is proud to host the first exhibition of photographer Candice NECHITCH.
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  • Catalog - Masters of Photography 2019 | 17 december 2019 - 31 january 2020
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  • From September 4 to October 2, 2019, the Galerie GADCOLLECTION dedicates an exhibition to one of the important American photographers: Maggie TAYLOR. This is the first time that the work of this photographer, internationally renowned, is shown in France. Her work, on the edge of classical photography is charged with ...
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  • How to best characterize the photographic work of Vincent FOURNIER? First, by knowing its triple interest in science, the human being and its potential, whether in the realm of utopia or the nearest future. "Observe the stars, travel in space and time, create and program the living, see in the invisible, invent the f...
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  • From May 23 to July 31, 2019, Galerie GADCOLLECTION dedicates an exhibition to one of the major events of the twentieth century: the first steps of Man on the Moon. Through an exceptional ensemble, never gathered to date, more than 100 photographs including the most iconic (and some signed by astronauts), the exhibitio...
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  • Catalog - Ormond GIGLI | Exhibition  "Colors" - April 14 - May 21, 2019 From April 14th  till May 21 2019, Galerie GADCOLLECTION is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of Ormond GIGLI, in France, an American master of color  photography. Through a selection of 7 unshown photographs.
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  • Catalog - George TICE | Exhibition  "An American Story" - March 14 - April 14, 2019 « Photography teaches us to see, and we can see whatever we wish.  When I take a photograph, I make a wish.  I was always looking for beauty. » George TICE From 14th of March till 14th of April 2019, Galerie GADCOLLECTION is p...
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  • George TICE is a renowned photographer, who has been focusing his work on the American rural and urban environment. He is particulary attracted to remnant of American culture on the edge of extinction - from the small provincial communities to urban neighborhoods. George TICE, a 10th generation New Jerseyan, was bor...
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  • Born in 1974 in Riccione, Alessandro PIREDDA lives and works in Misano Adriatico. He developes a passion for the history of architecture during his studies at the School of Fine Arts in Rimini. Surrounded since childhood by the emblematic monuments of classical Italian architecture, he absorbs eagerly all the informat...
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  • Exhibition catalog of Catalogue - Alessandro PIREDDA | "Una notte in Italia - Darkitectures" Frebruary 14 - March 10,2019
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  • Catalog of the exhibition Romain VEILLON "Explorations" : 24th January 2019 - 10th February 2019 Read the biography : Romain VEILLON
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  • Romain VEILLON is a self-taught artist passionate about photography and travelling. He began to photograph at the age of 15 to engrave in memory his discoveries. Gradually he concentrates more on the artistic approach to the photography, choosing as his favorite subject the aesthetics of abandoned places. Fascinated by...
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  • Catalog of the exhibition Stephen WILKES "a Journey" : 6th December 2018 - 20th January 2019 Read the biography : Stephen WILKES
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  • Catalog of the exhibition Kyriakos KAZIRAS "Ours" ("Bears") : 7 november - 4 december 2018 Read the biography : Kyriakos KAZIRAS
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  • Catalog of the exhibition Mitch DOBROWNER "Lands of Hopes" 4 october - 4 november 2018
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  • Some advices to hang up your art photography:  Which system should you choose?  There is two type of solutions to hang your art photography: You can use a screw or a hook for a basic hang. You should worry about the weight of the work you want to hang and also the type of wall you want to drill. A nail can be en...
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  • Catalog of the Galerie GADCOLLECTION birthday exhibition : "Celebrating 10 years" 4 september - 2 october 2018
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  • Catalog of the photo exhibition Manolo CHRÉTIEN "Good Vibes" May, 5th - 31th July, 2018
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  • You just bought an art photography and you wonder how to frame it: Which choices will you made and how to make them? Generally, you are not going to be alone to make those choices. Your gallery or your framer are going to help and guide you and give you the best advices. However, here is some trails about those choi...
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  • Catalog of the photo exhibition Douglas KIRKLAND "Icons" May, 24th - July, 3rd 2018
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  • Manolo CHRETIEN was born in 1966 on the Orange airbase (France). His father was a French pilot and international astronaut (first European to go into space), he spent his young years between sheds and airplanes. Manolo CHRETIEN developed quickly a high interest about this metallic world, which combines technology, spee...
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  • Douglas KIRKLAND was born in 1934 in Toronto. Child, he has been amazed by Photography and his kith and kin became his very first models. Douglas KIRKLAND still does not know that during the next years, the most prominent Hollywood celebrities will pose in front of his camera. In the early stages of his career Douglas...
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  • USA and URSS were opposed in a fierce competition: The Space Race. The Space Race was the odyssey of the 20th century. It started on 4 October 1957 with Sputnik 1, first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union. The next month, it was followed by the first animal to orbit the Earth, still by URSS. The m...
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  • Stephen WILKES was born in 1957. He began to photograph from his 12 years old, a passion which will not leave him. Stephen WILKES studied at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, he graduated with a bachelor of science in photography. Specialized in communication, the school allowed ...
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  • Jean-Claude GAUTRAND is a French photographer and historian of photography. He was born in 1932, in Sains-en-Gohelle (France, Pas-de-Calais). During his teenage years, he learnt photography. Later, in his 24, he discovered Otto STEINERT’s work that left him a dramatic impression. Jean-Claude GAUTRAND drawn inspiratio...
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  • 14 December 2017 - 1 February 2018 : Mitch DOBROWNER - New Works 16 November 2017 - 10 December 2017 : Ormond GIGLI - Giants 12 October 2017 - 5 November 2017 : Stephen WILKES - Day to Night 26 September 2017 - 10 October 2017 : Manolo CHRÉTIEN - 'Travel the world and the seven seas' Part II 7 Septembe...
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  • Peter HUTCHINSON is an artist and photographer born in 1930. He went to USA and studied Arts in Illinois University between 1953 and 1960. Peter HUTCHINSON started his artistic career during the sixties as a minimalist painter. Afterwards, he took some distances with minimalism and he is, at this moment, perceived as ...
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  • Matthias OLMETA was born in Marseille (France) in 1968. At the age of 16, he has been fond of photography, the next year he decided to study it. In order to do so, Matthias OLMETA went to Los Angeles and studied visual arts at Santa Monica City College, from which he graduated in 1991. During his American stay of seve...
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  • A positive is, obviously, the opposite of a negative – that is, it is an image which is not reversed. Positive images are made through a double negative: silver salts react to light producing a negative which, when projected onto photographic paper (more silver salts), produces a positive.
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  • Matt, gloss, supergloss, satin and pearl are all finishes available on different paper types. Satin and pearl are different names for the same finish (somewhere between gloss and matt).
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  • Selenium gelatin photogram: see photogram and selenium toning. Selenium toned gelatin print: See silver gelatin print and selenium toning. Selenium toned photogram: see photogram and selenium toning. Selenium toning: A type of toning using the metal selenium to replace silver salts. Used both for the aesthetic benef...
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  • A stencil is made up for each colour of the image and put over a fine fabric mesh that is stretched over a metal frame. The coloured ink is spread over the mesh and stencil and the ink falls through the stencil to the underlying material (usually an art paper) to produce the image. The surplus ink is washed away. Once ...
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  • Resin-based paper Plastic-based paper type. The most common paper type for printing colour images as it gives greater gloss potential than fibre-based papers (e.g. supergloss on Fujiflex). R-type paper R-type papers work in the opposite way to traditional papers. A transparency (positive) is projected onto reversal ...
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  • Polaroid is a manufacturer/trademark of a photographic system which gives 'instant' prints, by which film, paper and developing solution are combined in one unit. As soon as the film/paper is exposed the image begins to develop, developing fully within a maximum of 5 minutes. All Polaroids on eyestorm have been profes...
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  • Pigment, unlike dye, is a powder made up of tiny granules that will not dissolve completely in solution. This means that pigment-based inks leave particles of pure colour bonded to the surface of the paper that they are printed on. The resulting images can thus appear very rich and physical, densely saturated in colour...
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  • A single image built up from several photographic prints.
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  • A photogram is a photograph made without a lens or camera: objects are placed directly on top of a sheet of photographic paper which is then exposed to light. Where the objects obstruct the light, the paper remains unexposed (light in tone), while the rest darkens through exposure.
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  • P.F.T.s, or Print Film Transparencies, are positive colour reproductions from original negatives, produced as transparencies.
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  • NTSC VHS video format used in North America and Japan. PAL VHS video format used in Australia and Europe (excluding France).
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  • Term used in multiples publishing when only a limited number of any print, book, sculpture or other artwork is produced. Editions can be limited to almost any number depending on the nature of the work.
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  • Gicler, a French verb meaning 'to spurt', is another industry term for inkjet printing. See inkjet.
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  • A C-type colour paper made by Fuji which offers an extreme gloss finish.
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  • A C-type colour resin-based paper made by Fuji. It offers excellent colour reproductions and has superior archival properties (over 70 years if kept in controlled conditions).
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  • Paper or material-based paper type used in printing black and white images from negatives (C-type). Available in all surface finishes, this thicker paper has a high-quality texture, gives an excellent finish, and adds 'depth' to the image through the faint weave of the paper/fibre.
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  • Dye, unlike pigment, dissolves completely in solution (pigment-based inks leave tiny particles floating in the solution). This means that dye-based inks are entirely absorbed into the paper that they are printed on - the image is in fact a highly controlled stain. The resulting images can thus appear very slick and eve...
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  • Digital printing that produces images directly on to the material (e.g. canvas or special paper surfaces) from a digital file through a stream of very fine dye drops controlled by the computer system. (See also Giclée prints)
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  • Digital colour coupler Colour coupler prints, or chromogene prints, are very similar to standard C-type prints, but the silver salts 'couple' with coloured dyes, rather than being replaced by them. The end result is very similar to standard C-type prints. Colour coupler prints have the benefit of using the same extreme...
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  • An Interneg produced by digital means, rather than traditional photographic methods. Digital internegs are made by scanning an original negative or its positive image, before laser-writing the digital negative.
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  • C-type printing involves printing colour paper enlargements from small, colour negatives. This is the most common type of colour printing found in the high street and mini-labs.
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  • CMYK is an industry standard abbreviation for cyan, magenta, yellow and black. These are the colours used in standard four-colour printing (as in inkjet and Iris printers).
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  • Chloro-bromides share the features of all silver gelatin prints, giving deep rich blacks and crisp whites on a high gloss paper, as well as having good archival properties. Compared with silver bromides or silver chlorides, they have a warmer brownish-black tone.
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  • Different types of photographic paper have varying degrees of susceptibility to fading over time. The main cause of this is exposure to UV (ultra violet) light, although humidity, temperature, pollution and acidity are all contributing factors. Exposure to direct sunlight should be avoided, and UV-resistant glass can b...
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  • The photographer Kyriakos KAZIRAS was born in Athens in 1966. He encountered photography at the early age of seven, when he received his first camera. His paternal grandfather was a painter and his maternal grandfather photographer, actually, it gave him the opportunity during his younger years, to develop a strong ...
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  • Rachel LEVY was born in Casablanca, Morocco, in 1955. She went to the USA to study at the San Francisco Art Institute from which she graduated. After an American stay of 10 years, Rachel LEVY headed back to France in 1984. She has photographed as a free-lance for many magazines while pursuing her own research, mainl...
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  • Using acid-free mount boards prevents acid burns (yellowish-brown burn lines) from appearing on artworks over time.
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  • Toning, or toned black and white: toning images allows an artist/printer to alter the colours of a photographic print (by replacing the silver in the silver salts with another metal). Toning can be used as an aesthetic decision by the artist, or it can also be used to improve the archival properties of a print. Titing...
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  • Regarded as one of the best digital printers. It uses three lasers (Red, Green & Blue) to print digitised images onto traditional photographic paper. This allows consistent reproduction of large run editions with the same quality as traditional print techniques. This process typically uses C-type paper. Lambda on crys...
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  • Although it may seem too obvious to mention, may people are unaware of what exactly constitutes a print. Put simply, a print is a method of image-making that allows the work of art to be created more than once. The size of the edition (i.e.the number of prints produced of the one work), the significance of the work in ...
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  • A sheet of transparent film coated with silver salts which react when exposed to light (usually in a camera). In black and white negatives, one layer of salts reacts to white light (the full spectrum of light). The result is a reversal of normal vision: the shadows are light, the highlights dark. In colour negatives th...
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  • Also known as heliogravure, photogravure is arguably the finest photomechanical means of reproducing a photograph in large editions. Copper plates are acid-etched directly from an original silver print; the etched areas then hold differing amounts of ink in order to correspond to the tones of the original print. If pri...
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