Archival Print Labels Project
This articles outlines the process I use to make archival labels for my prints using mostly photographic processes. The work involves taking digitally printed artwork, making a lith film negative and finally a label on photographic paper. Motivation Over the years I have begun to label my prints. This is somewhere between vanity and pride I suppose and of course one is expected to sign one's work. I have worked on imprint or 'brand' based on the inspiration I get from my deceased brother. Thus I have this idea of a studio we have together. This never happened in real life. He pursued his interest and career in photography while I pursued separate interests though we always discussed his interest and I have a couple of his photographs he gave me as gifts. So the idea of a joint photography studio is a virtual concept in that our work was never contemporaneous. Since his death I inherited most of his negatives and over the years I have enjoyed printing and framing t...