Why Limited Editions

After long consideration, I have chosen to make all future work in Limited Editions. The reasoning for this decision is, I think, of interest to both photographers and collectors. Ultimately, it is about what makes a photographic print Fine Art.

Creating Fine Art
When I set out to photograph a location, I seek to communicate my personal, unique experience and vision of the wonder of that place. It is art with purpose. The intent is to draw you into that sense of place so deeply, that it feels as though you are there yourself. It is fantastically time consuming and expensive to create such art, and each piece I publish stands as a representative of my finest effort.

Printing Fine Art
When I set out to create a print of a location, the purpose is the same. After detailed development of the raw picture to recreate what my eye saw and my heart felt on location, I set about putting that vision onto paper. In order to achieve the goal, only the finest materials are used. The very latest, cutting edge printing technology with pigment inks to last a century. The finest papers. Archival mat boards. Even the dust cover on the back of my frames is archival.

I am creating a piece of art to stand the ages that represents the finest output of my artistic vision and technical expertise. What I am not creating is a mass-produced ‘pic’ or ‘shot.’ Yet, in the age of pigment inkjet printers, once the final work is created, any number of perfect prints can be produced. The consistency of this final output is a wonder to behold, yet, should we as artists and collectors allow a printing technology to define how we think about art? I propose that we should not, especially not where the production of each piece is a long term quest for ultimate quality.

This is why I have chosen to limit my editions.