Ben Rubinstein
pro member
Hi,
Big prints. Huge prints. Massive inkjet printers. The world seems to be in love with making huge prints.
Let me ask a question though. In the fine art world, would an exquisitely presented small print have the same visual 'punch' as the current trend for large? I'm thinking 8X10" size, platinum hand print, huge matt border and beautiful frame.
As I grow weary of the word 'resolution' due to the realisation that the vast majority of what we see and try to achieve is indeed rather selfish given that few except fellow pixel peepers will ever notice the difference, the concept of beautifully hand printed small prints seems to pull me more than perhaps the 'brashness' of large for the sake of being large.
I have 70+ megapixel panoramic files but the original appeal of creating prints so large and detailed that you can almost walk straight into them, my original concept, seems to pall compared to small but exquisite in my current mindframe.
Am I just decending further into the romance of the past or is there room in the modern fine art world for quality over quantity?
Thoughts please!
p.s. I realise the commercial world is a very different kettle of fish!
Big prints. Huge prints. Massive inkjet printers. The world seems to be in love with making huge prints.
Let me ask a question though. In the fine art world, would an exquisitely presented small print have the same visual 'punch' as the current trend for large? I'm thinking 8X10" size, platinum hand print, huge matt border and beautiful frame.
As I grow weary of the word 'resolution' due to the realisation that the vast majority of what we see and try to achieve is indeed rather selfish given that few except fellow pixel peepers will ever notice the difference, the concept of beautifully hand printed small prints seems to pull me more than perhaps the 'brashness' of large for the sake of being large.
I have 70+ megapixel panoramic files but the original appeal of creating prints so large and detailed that you can almost walk straight into them, my original concept, seems to pall compared to small but exquisite in my current mindframe.
Am I just decending further into the romance of the past or is there room in the modern fine art world for quality over quantity?
Thoughts please!
p.s. I realise the commercial world is a very different kettle of fish!