The appeal of a large print
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Katalena @ Trnfest 06
As much as I love the immediacy of the web, having access to some great photography going on in the world and all of that… there’s simply nothing like a large print to really appreciate what you’re seeing. Two such examples that really touched me in a big way were Earth from Above by Yann Arthus Bertrand (seen it twice in Paris and Ljubljana) and Earth Temples by Matjaž Krivic printed large and displayed in parks (Jardin de Luxembourg, Tivoli etc.) where they belong.
On the other hand we have photographers that display little tiny prints (e.g. Michael Kenna) that inevitably don’t impress you as much as they could. I dream of large prints from Kenna and it’s a stunning sight. His subject matter in its minimalist form would be ideal to cover an entire wall of a room.
To be honest, I really don’t have much of an urge to print my own photos, I’ve only ever printed maybe 40 or so in various sizes and I have no idea where most of them are right now, but in the past two months, as I was running around with A2/A1 sized prints for the show we’ve set up at FERI, I’ve grown very fond of the ink on paper. The paper has a gravity field of its own (yes I know every object has one) ;) and the force is strong with that one.
Yesterday I’ve picked up the last round of prints for the show (each of us had 2 weeks in the spotlight) and the owner of the shop told me: “I’ve never really felt like we were making prints untill we got the iPF8000“.
Neiter did I…
Yes, there are limitations in gamut, large sheets are akward to store and carry around, they are almost prohibitively expensive without a wealthy sponsor etc. but just hold one in your hand and you’ll be mesmerised.
Krakov Trn 06
