Absolute best printing?

[Dvenosa]

Do any of you guys knows whats the best digital printing system? In terms of tonal reproduction, resolution, feel...
What kind of process does Andreas Gursky uses?

Im curious...

[tbirke]

I once read that Gursky prints and frames himself/by his assistents in his workshop in Dusseldorf.

I am of the opinion, that the best reproduction of my stuff, especially in large format, has been acomplished by the OCÉ Lightjet 500XL! No inkjet did ever come close.

[sanchi heuser]

Hi Daniel,

I don't know much about digital printing systems.

If you're interested in the techniques Andres Gursky uses
for his prints you may look here:

http://www.artnet.de/artist/7580/andreas-gursky.html

see under "Kunstwerke zum Verkauf (artworks for sale)"
then you can choose one and look who's the artdealer.
Look in the list "Händlerliste (list of artdealers)".
Contact the artdealer.
Just say you want to know some details about the prints.


Or you contact the lab where Gursky and others gave print orders.
Say you want to have the same printing quality as a Gursky picture has.

http://www.grieger-online.de/en/about-us/contacts/


ciao
sanchi

[Dvenosa]

Thanks!

OT, Sanchi, do you know if the Dusseldorf Kunstakademie admits foreigner students? What do you think about it?

[sanchi heuser]

Thanks!

OT, Sanchi, do you know if the Dusseldorf Kunstakademie admits foreigner students? What do you think about it?


Hi Daniel,

there are a lot of students from other countries there, that's no
problem.
The main difficulty is, many, many applicants and only few are accepted.

I don't know what's the hidden key to get entrance.
Maybe the best would be to make direct contact to a teacher,
but be shure - doing so you have to show something extreme good,
genuine, something never seen before.
I will try and ask some students how they did it, then I can tell you.

Next week they have their annual "Rundgang" (round tour):
http://www.kunstakademie-duesseldorf.de/die-akademie/rundgang.html


Here some info about the photography class:
http://www.ruffklasse.de (german + english language)


Well, there are many, many ways to study art.
Don't shoot only one arrow;)


cheers
sanchi

[sanchi heuser]

I opened new thread about artstudy, I guess it's offtopic here. See:
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=59345

[Robert Hughes]

I was just visiting a house in Minneapolis that had a pretty nice print of some western scene - "Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite". Some guy named Ansel Adams. Pretty good, even if it was just black and white. :)

[Helcio J Tagliolatto]

I was just visiting a house in Minneapolis that had a pretty nice print of some western scene - "Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite". Some guy named Ansel Adams. Pretty good, even if it was just black and white. :)

Do you know what printer/ink combination does he use? :D

[Lenny Eiger]

I am of the opinion, that the best reproduction of my stuff, especially in large format, has been acomplished by the OCÉ Lightjet 500XL! No inkjet did ever come close.

I am of the opinion that the best reproduction of my stuff is on inkjet. It depends on what one is looking for. I sincerely and very strongly dislike smooth shiny coated papers.

Everyone is going to want something different and there is no "best" that the OP is after.

Lenny

[Filmnut]

I think that this like the discussions we sometimes have as to "which lens is best".
There are too many variables in the workflow and then it depends on the person's objectives and points of view.
I used to be a Durst Lambda print tech(similar the Lightjet in principle), and it can produce absolutely stunning results, but I have seen beautiful results using other hardware systems, including inkjet.
Proper file prep, calibration of the whole system, and utilmately the care and skill of the techs doing the work is the key to getting the "best" print.
Try some out and find the system that you like the best.
Keith