Photography is a visual art form practiced by anyone who uses any kind of camera. Whether the resulting images are art is determined by the photographer’s intentions, how the images are presented, and how they are used. The possibilities are endless and are only limited by the photographer’s creativity and the viewer’s imagination.
The traditional way of presenting visual art is through “paintings” hung on a wall, which is highly relevant for photographic images. A photographic image has much in common with other visual art forms, but also several unique characteristics. A photograph can be produced in several exactly identical copies in any format. It can be presented on various physical media such as paper, metal, plastic, fabric, wood, etc., but it can also be presented electronically on monitors, projection screens, etc.
The development of photography Includes a large number of ways to create photographic “pictures”. With today’s digital technology, image information is recorded digitally in a camera; processed in a computer and printed on a medium as a finished image. The result is a depiction of a subject that the photographer has refined and influenced to highlight and convey his or her experience of the subject; a “photograph”. Photographers of earlier times had similar possibilities, but they were based on analogue media and chemical processes.
Giclée print or Fine Art Print is a print of a photographic image on high quality paper with pigment colors that is durable for a long time. The prints can vary in size and be made on different types of paper and canvas. The motifs can be printed in unlimited and limited series. A certificate of authenticity is included, i.e. a document that certifies the quality, the authenticity of the material and provides a guarantee from the photographer and the manufacturer.
LB Galleri applies the following principles when producing and selling photographic works:
Prints on simpler materials, such as posters and reproductions, are sold unnumbered without certificate and documentation.
Fine Art Prints or Giclée Prints is a series of photographic images printed on high quality material with certificates of authenticity. The photographs are signed by the photographer and the number and type of series is stated.
OE (Open Ended) means that the number of images in the series is not limited, but the numbering indicates the serial number of the copy, e.g. OE 5.
LE (Limited Edition) means that the number of images in the series is limited and each copy is marked with its serial number in the series and the total number of copies, e.g. LE 5/10.
AP (Artist Proof) were originally test prints but have become prints beyond the limited series used by the photographer for exhibitions etc.
Information about each copy of the photographs in a series is documented in a database.