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In a previous post I made a series of contact prints from a 6x17 negative from my Fuji G617 camera. I chose this format to test out some Lodima paper I bought a few years ago and to try printing and developing it in the traditional developer Amidol. The details of this experience are outlined in the post linked here if you are interested. The result is that I had a couple of  good small prints which are little gems compared to my more recent project ; 9 inches wide compare to over 4 feet wide. The project was in itself pretty simple. First I trimmed the photos. I had two so I tried two different approaches. The first was to trim to the wide borders I planned in the photo paper itself. The second I trimmed to the very edge of the image. In the next step I mounted both images on white foam-core board using 3M PMA. In both cases the foam core board was trimmed to the same dimensions. To mount the first photo the foam-core and photo were the same dimensions. For the second I mo...

There is a lot for me to unpack in this title believe it or not. I have been shooting 6x17 (with a Fuji G617) for just over a year and loving it.  During this time I discovered other wide format photographers and in particular to this post,  Carwyn Davies  who contact prints 4x10 on Lodima. They look very nice. Below is one nice example. Sprawling 4x 10 Contact Print on Lodima Paper by Carwyn Davies He creates a nice white border with some room on the bottom for the title and a signature. I like what he has done here though I am not sure if I would mar my work with the scrawl that passes for my handwriting. Another gentleman Alexey Belov contact prints 6x17 as a palladium print. These too look intriguing. One example below. Silence Of The Snow. Palladium print on Kozo paper by Alexey Belov These are of course small prints but I am sometimes afraid that printing big takes one away from a whole other avenue of expression. Further unpacking...! Sev...