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All photographic prints made by me are Fine Art Digigraphie®.

Fine Art Printing, what it is.

The term fine art printing, also known as 'giclée', indicating a release that meets quality requirements and stability over time. It 'necessary to achieve maximum efficiency in printing works and ensure, through monitoring of the implementation process of the image, predictability and repeatability of results. It 'guaranteed to those who, entering the work availability, collectors, art galleries, museums, the press present physical and chemical characteristics such as to ensure their durability, quality without decay, to the benefit of longevity and exhibition protecting the investment made.
Modern digital technology allows today to print high quality fine art photographs that have nothing to envy to those obtained in the dark room of the past, both in BW and in color. The quality 'of the final print is a set of factors that combine to result from the selection of the picture, post production, and the materials used, which always must meet specific requirements for the chromaticity and stability. The secret of a fine art print has not printing them, but the preparation of the image. The prints are of particular value, not only for artistic content, but also for the printing method they are made.
In fact, the prints are made using the technique Digigraphie ® by Epson, certified and limited edition, in A3. Digigraphie by Epson is a trademark of validation today only one in Italy to produce or reproduce works of art in limited series, with the tools of digital technology and ensuring excellent quality and long life.

Digigraphie® by Epson will open a whole new horizon of possibilities. Thanks to Digigraphie® the art world can now utilise the advantages of digital technology.
Digigraphie® allows photographic artists, painters and museums to produce limited, certified editions of their original works of art, using Epson's most advanced print technology which guarantees exceptional quality and durability
The creation of the Digigraphie® label is relatively recent. Digigraphie® was officially launched on 13th November 2003, at the centenary of the Autumn Exhibition. But its practice is much older. For several years, photographers, sculptors and painters, as well as service providers (photo laboratories and lithographic studios), have been using the technology of Epson printers to produce prints on art paper. This in turn has opened the doors to a new discipline: the digital reproduction of a work of art.

The search for a name

But what should a high quality, digital art print created with an Epson printer be called? This question arose as long ago as 1991 in the USA, when Jack Duganne, head printer at Nash Editions, needed a generic term to describe the works of the artist Diane Bartz, produced using inkjet technology. He used the French term "jet d'encre" (inkjet) which he refined to "gicleur" (jet/sprayer) and then "Giclée" (sprayed). A new label was born. (Source "Digital Printing" by Harald Johnson, Eyrolles editions).
French artists were also faced with the same problem as Duganne. They immediately chose discard the expression "ink jet print", which they found to be inappropriate for an art print. Some of these artists therefore decided to create their own label. This was the case for Philip Plisson, the marine artist who created "Pixographie", or Jean-Noël l'Harmeroult, the fashion photographer who called his works "Hyperchromes".
These two image professionals therefore used a personal label to describe their limited-edition art prints created using Epson Professional photo printers.

The arrival of the "Digigraphie®" label

Faced with these developments, Epson France registered the name Digigraphie® with the INPI (Institute Nationale De La Propriété Industrielle / National Industrial Property Institute) and the OHIM (The Institute for the registration of European Trade Marks) in 2003. The trade marks then became European. All those who comply with the usage rules may now use this label.
Digigraphie® describes a print created: By an 8-colour Epson Stylus Pro professional printer, with Ultrachrome™ and Ultrachrome™ K3 inks on certified paper authenticated numbered and signed by the artist, embossed and accompanied by its certificate.

Epson Technology

The 8-colour Epson Stylus Pro professional printers have printing characteristics which meet the expectations and requirements of photographic and pictorial artists.

Print quality and faithfulness:
• Very high print quality = 2880 dpi
• A wide palette of colours = 8 colours
• Black and white printing = 2 blacks and 1 grey

Preservation of the work of art over time:
Pigmented inks (mineral-based) with resin ensure the longevity of the print over many generations.*