Prints

For digital images, prints are Fine Art, which is the process that aims to ensure the quality and longevity of works of art. The entire Fine Art printing process is guided by strict standards of quality and normality certification, both for paper, 100% cotton free of acids and optical whiteners, and for mineral pigment inks, which are used in large format printers developed for this purpose. This entire process is supervised and controlled by the printer, who has technical and interpretive knowledge, and by the photographer/artist, so that he can capture his desire, transporting his feelings to the printed material.

For analogic images, the prints are enlarged in a black and white photographic laboratory – the so-called dark room. The negative is projected onto photographic gelatine and silver paper, which, when sensitized by light, darken these salts, forming the positive image on the surface of the paper. All this process is still very much alive, and retaking its place in contemporary photography, especially for those who are on the path of authorial projects, artistic expression and beyond the possibility of various experiments with films, chemicals, roles and historical techniques. This goes against the high speed and image standardization that digital embraces. The analogue is accommodated in a calmer place, slower and rich in details, steps and minutiae that only do well in the process of maturation of the artist’s gaze – and also of the observer interested in destandardizing the gaze.