Silver Prints

The gelatin silver process was introduced by Richard Leach Maddox in 1871 with subsequent considerable improvements in sensitivity obtained by Charles Harper Bennet in 1878.  The gelatin silver print was a primary form of visual documentation in the 20th century.  Most of what exists today known as a ‘black and white’ photographic print is made using a silver-based process. 

A well-made gelatin silver print can produce deep, rich blacks as well as render mid-tones and highlights with exceptional clarity.  Gelatin silver prints are made by taking pre-coated paper (still) available today, and exposing it to light by means of a photographic enlarger that shines a controlled light through a negative and onto the paper.  The aesthetic quality of a gelatin silver print is still preferred over many other means of photographic reproduction, and each print made in the darkroom is unique.

Pricing for single prints, first tier in Edition

  • 8x10 print: $450 (Edition of 25 per image)

  • 11x14 print: $650 (Edition of 20 per image)

  • 16x20 print: $950 (Edition of 15 per image)

  • 20x24 print: $1500 (Edition of 10 per image)

  • 24x30 print: pricing on request

platinum prints

The platinum printing process was discovered in 1873 by William Willis.  This process produces a very delicate, long tonal range in the prints.  The addition of palladium displays a warmer tone in the image as well as enabling delicate highlights and deeper blacks.  Platinum prints are made by hand-coating a sheet of blank paper with a mixture of platinum metal salts in solution and a sensitizing agent, mating the negative to the coated paper and then exposing the paper to UV light in a contact frame. 

An additional benefit of the process is exceptional long-term stability and archival life that only the ‘noble metals’ such as platinum and palladium can provide in a photographic print.  Galleries, museums and collectors recognize the intrinsic value of platinum / palladium prints, and appreciate them for their unparalleled beauty as well as long archival life when properly stored.  Early photography masters Imogen Cunningham, Edward Steichen and Edward Weston as well as many others utilized the platinum process as a way to express their artistic vision.

Pricing for single prints, first tier in Edition

  • 4x5 or 5x7 print: $350 (Edition of 25 per image)

  • 8x10 print: $550 (Edition of 25 per image)

  • 11x14 print: $750 (Edition of 15 per image)

  • 16x20 print: $1250 (Edition of 15 per image)

  • 20x24 print: pricing on request

Portfolios

For any Gallery (body of work), 7-print portfolios are offered. These portfolios are assembled with either Silver or Platinum prints. Each print is made on nominal 11x14 paper, and is under and over-matted to 16x20 with 4-ply mats and they are presented in a black buckram portfolio box with Artist Statement. You choose which 7 images you want included in the portfolio.

  • Silver portfolio of seven prints: $2500

  • Platinum portfolio of seven prints: $3500

Custom portfolios of multiple matted prints in a presentation box can be constructed at the buyers request. Number and type of prints can be totally customized. Portfolio pricing will be priced according to volume and content.