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[Jim Fitzgerald]

I thought it best to start a new post about my show. We hung 43 carbon transfer prints yesterday. Most I have ever shown and it looks good. For those who may be interested I'll attach the images of the gallery walls. Thanks for everyone's support.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

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[zenny]

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Really beautiful, Jim!

But I wish you would not have hung them together which is in art curator's jargon is 'stacking' which is practised from 16th-18th century. Just my two cents (which I do not have ;-) ).

Wish you the best for the success of the event which may help to create a new wave of followers to carbon printing.

Cheers,
/zenny

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[ghostcount]

Looks real good.

I suspect these do not have glass over the print.

[andreios]

Nice indeed. Thank you for sharing with us from the other side of the globe..

[jcoldslabs]

Looks like an amazing body of work. Wish I could attend. Congrats, Jim.

Jonathan

[Jim Fitzgerald]

I should have mentioned that none of the work has any glazing. I stopped doing this years ago with mixed reactions. Yes, the work could be damaged etc. but the beauty of the work I feel needs to "breathe".

[James Morris]

I should have mentioned that none of the work has any glazing. I stopped doing this years ago with mixed reactions. Yes, the work could be damaged etc. but the beauty of the work I feel needs to "breathe".

That's how prints are hung at Point Light in Sydney.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

That's how prints are hung at Point Light in Sydney.

It makes sense to me. Especially with carbon transfer being a 3-D process.

[sanking]

It makes sense to me. Especially with carbon transfer being a 3-D process.

I also prefer to exhibit carbon transfer prints without glass. Without glass the viewer is able to better appreciate the unique relief effect of this process. Another consideration is that carbon transfer prints are much less likely to be damaged than most other types of photographic prints. Carbon transfer prints are basically comprised of pigment encapsulated in hardened gelatin. This makes them physically much more like some types of painting that consist of a colloid plus pigment.

One problem you may have with exhibiting carbon transfer prints without glass is expansion and contraction of the print. This problem is especially bad with prints on thin papers when exhibited in rooms where the RH varies a lot. With this type of print and conditions it may be better to mount the print on an archival matte board, or on a surface like Di-Bond.

Sandy