FINE ART PRINTS
About the Prints
All custom printing is carefully executed by the artist on files scanned from 4x5 film originals using state-of-the-art controls as in traditional color darkrooms, to correct for color balance, contrast, burning and dodging without alteration or manipulation of the original image – the integrity of which is maintained true to the light and color captured during exposure. Parker maintains a strong philosophical commitment to this approach.
Archival pigment ink prints represent the most permanent photographic color media available today, providing a 300-year life expectancy without fading. The combination of resolution, color quality/accuracy and archival stability ensures the very highest level of quality for serious collectors. All prints are guaranteed for life against any fading or discoloration and would be otherwise replaced by the artist upon request. All images are produced in limited editions of 10 to 35 depending on size.
To ensure maximum quality, sharpness and non-fading stability and permanence, all prints are personally crafted on current state-of-the-art archival paper: Museo Silver Rag 100% cotton 300 gsm or Epson Exhibition Fiber 100% fiber 325 gsm, with an inkjet printer: either 11-color UltraChrome Pro K3/HDR pigmented inks in an Epson SureColor P20000 or 12-color LUCIA pigmented inks in a Canon imagePROGRAF. I am also quite fond of facemounting large salon prints directly onto the new Tru Vue UV-blocking anti-reflection (AR) Museum Glass or Optium Acrylic, then bonded to Dibond aluminum composite with a floating recessed back frame for a striking museum presentation.
Image Creation
All large format images were photographed with a 4x5-inch field view camera (K.B. Canham). The original Fuji Velvia transparencies were then digitized on a state-of-the-art Heidelberg Tango Pre-Press drum scanner at 2500 dpi.
