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This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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When you go to a high end photography show, what printing method is used? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by ldi1@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I’m thinking of shows I’ve seen in tourist destinations. I’m thinking of selecting prints from favorite places from our life (more local stuff), relatively large - 3’x4’ minimum.

I’m mostly perusing Etsy. What are the relative cost of the different printing methods, and which one do you prefer for art?

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[–] dbltax@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Method? Most likely Giclee printing, on a heavyweight conservation grade paper such as Baryta or Somerset Velvet.

It gets quite pricey at larger sizes, so much so that we ended up buying a couple of large format Epson Giclee printers that take 42" wide rolls of paper as it worked out cheaper in the long run than using a lab. Also meant that we can run our own in house calibration to ensure perfect colour consistency.