About the Prints
All prints are made from 4″x5″ Fujichrome Velvia transparencies, a classic slow-speed, high-resolution “slide” film. These are exposed with a single camera, a Toyo 4×5 field camera, and a set of four lenses by Rodenstock and Schneider. No filters are used. When everything is optimized, this large-format medium is capable of capturing exceptional shading and detail.
The image on the original film is brought to life on paper by a hybrid digital/photo-chemical printing process. The traditional transparency is scanned on a drum scanner to create a 300 megabyte digital file which serves as a vehicle for the color balancing, lightening, and darkening that was formerly done in the darkroom. Once the aesthetic interpretation is realized in the computer, the image is printed on fully-archival (non-fading) Fujicolor Crystal Archive Type-C paper, a traditional continuous tone photographic medium. The exposure is made by the red, green, and blue lasers of a Cymbolic Sciences LightJet printer, then processed in conventional chemistry. Each print is signed and numbered as part of a limited edition of 100, all sizes included. The prints are matted and mounted with acid-free archival materials.
