FINE ART PRINTING AND EPSON DIGIGRAPHIE®

I take my photography very seriously and will work on a photo until I am completely happy with the results.

The same if true of my exhibitions. I will not frame and show a photo that I'm not happy with. I have been known to throw out a mat with a slight imperfection and cut a new one. I have also reframed a photo due to a speck of dust appearing between print and glass. My photos are a representation of me as an artist and I only want to show them at their very best.

That's why my photos are printed at MpixPro Lab and Photobox. They're professionals and know their business. They also know that the product that leaves their premises reflects their reputation.

I have also chosen to self print limited editions of certain of my fine art prints in conjunction with Epson Digigraphie®.


Epson Digigraphie®

What is a Digigraphie®?

In short, it is a guarantee of quality of your fine art print in a limited series. Each print in the series is printed following Epson's strict rules of printer/ink/paper combinations to guarantee the quality of your fine art print.

Digigraphie® was officially launched on 13th November 2003, at the centenary of the Autumn Exhibition. But its practice is much older. For several years, photographers, sculptors and painters, as well as service providers (photo laboratories and lithographic studios), have been using the technology of Epson printers to produce prints on art paper. This, in turn, has opened the doors to a new discipline: the digital reproduction of a work of art.

The search for a name

But what should a high quality, digital art print created with an Epson printer be called? This question arose as long ago as 1991 in the USA, when Jack Duganne, head printer at Nash Editions, needed a generic term to describe the works of the artist Diane Bartz, produced using inkjet technology. He used the French term "jet d'encre" (inkjet) which he refined to "gicleur" (jet/sprayer) and then "Giclée" (sprayed). A new label was born. (Source "Digital Printing" by Harald Johnson,
Eyrolles editions).

French artists were also faced with the same problem as Duganne. They immediately chose to discard the expression "ink jet print", which they found to be inappropriate for an art print. Some of these artists tdecided to create their own label. This was the case for Philip Plisson, the marine artist who created "Pixographie", or Jean-Noël l'Harmeroult, the fashion photographer who called his works "Hyperchromes".

These two image professionals used a personal label to describe their limited-edition art prints created using Epson Professional photo printers.

The arrival of the "Digigraphie®" label

Faced with these developments, Epson France registered the name Digigraphie® with the INPI (Institute Nationale De La Propriété Industrielle / National Industrial Property Institute) and the OHIM (The Institute for the registration of European Trade Marks) in 2003. The trade marks then became European. All those who comply with the usage rules may now use this label.

My photos/profile can now be seen on the Digigraphie page here: Sherie Haunzwickl