12 to 14 Photographers Wanted For "Folio Exchange."

[Jim Becia]

First of all, this is not meant to take anything away from the print exchange. I am participating in the exchange.

What I would like to do is to get 12 to 14 photographers to participate in a variation of the print exchange. I would like to put together 13 to 15 folios depending on the number of participants. Each participant would receive a completed folio. I would "donate" the folios and put them together. It would require that all photographs be on 11x14 or 8x10 paper. We would have to determine the paper size before moving forward. I personally like the 11x14 size, but I am certainly open to hearing from those who would be interested in participating. In addition to the photos, I would like a bit of info on the photo and I would incorporate that into the folio also. I would set up a "title" page along with the added info. I'll put everything together and mail them out in a completed folio once they are completed. All I ask is payment for shipping. (I'm guessing this might be about $10 to $12.)

So, anyone out there willing to do this with me? Thought this might be a nice way to have a group of work in a nice finished presentation. Hope to get some interest.
Jim Becia

[Richard M. Coda]

Folio, meaning what? Inkjets (a la LensWork)? Silver prints are hard to keep that flat.

If it's inkjets, I'm interested. Any theme? BW? Color? Both?

[Jim Noel]

If ink splatter prints are included, forget it as far as I am concerned.

[Jim Becia]

Richard,

You raise some good questions and I'm trying to get some ideas how to do this. If we go with 11x14 size, I guess it would make sense it they were from a digital output. That's how I print, but I don't want to leave the analog group out of this should they want to participate. These are the Lenswork style folios that I produced and I would put them together. As for color or black and white, I would like to hear from others what they would be interested in doing. I do mostly color work, but also do some black and white inkjet printing. If I hear that most want to do color, we'll go with color, or maybe we pick a theme like landscape for the first one and then they could be color or black and white. I am open to suggestions at this time. Thanks. Jim

[Jim Becia]

If ink splatter prints are included, forget it as far as I am concerned.

Jim,

Not a problem. No one it twisting anyone's arm. Jim

[Brian C. Miller]

Instead of worrying about paper curling, why not print on RC? These folios are for fun, right? And why stick with a theme?

I'm all for using one paper size. I'll just center the 8x10 contact print in the middle.

[Richard M. Coda]

I would print inkjet over RC any day of the week. RC is NOT archival.

[Brian C. Miller]

From the back of my Epson paper:

Since all dyes, pigments and papers chage over time, Epson does not warrant this product against color changes and fading.

So: is this for fun?

[Richard M. Coda]

I understand that no process is as archival as carbon (substrate-dependent), and platinum and silver are pretty darned near archival (again, substrate-dependent), but RC paper was meant for proofs and I have never seen an RC print that lasted more than a few years "in storage". Besides, I don't like the super glossy surface on BW prints. I don't recall ANY galleries showing, or museums collecting RC prints.

[Andrew O'Neill]

Ink splatter??