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DougBG

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Presentation of large prints
« Reply #20 on: April 02, 2009, 01:21:20 pm »

The HP Vivera inks on quality FA papers have astonishing longevity just pinned to the wall.  So, if longevity was no longer a factor would you prefer to see the texture of the paper and have a more direct experience with the print?  Or would you prefer the interference of glass when it is really just a holdover from old technology?  Maybe it's time to change the standard, at least for the state of the art in ink/paper technology.
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« Reply #21 on: April 02, 2009, 01:34:51 pm »

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The HP Vivera inks on quality FA papers have astonishing longevity just pinned to the wall.  So, if longevity was no longer a factor would you prefer to see the texture of the paper and have a more direct experience with the print?  Or would you prefer the interference of glass when it is really just a holdover from old technology?  Maybe it's time to change the standard, at least for the state of the art in ink/paper technology.
I'm not too sure inkjet technology has advanced to the point where prints are tough enough to routinely display bare-naked.

But OTOH it strikes me as archaic to display a photograph in a glass coffin like a dried-out saint in an old cathedral.  To that end I have gone over to displaying mostly coated canvas.  Many people pick up on the oil painting analogy and like the concept, but there are still others who feel they would be ripped off buying a photograph without a glass sarcophagus, which is of course is as it is written in the Natural Order of Things.
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