Surprise! A color photograph by Alan Ross. I have made a lot of color photographs in my day, and back in the early to mid-80s, I toyed with adding some color images to my portfolio and offering them for sale. I made the prints myself, but because I loved the extended tonal range of working with color negative film rather than transparency, the "Type C" prints I was making didn't hold up well in terms of color permanence. I gave up working with color.
Fast forward to the digital age. In the early 90s, I started working with Photoshop. By the early 2000s, I had a small pocket digital camera and started having some digital fun. Then I got a better printer and a better scanner and started making prints, but only for home and family.
We visited our daughter for my recent 75th birthday. On her wall was a print of this image I had made for her years ago and which I had completely forgotten about. I loved the simplicity of the scene and now seemed a perfect time to share a bit of Ross color and share the feeling of snow that traditionally starts our holiday season here in Santa Fe. Olympus 300 camera, winter "fashion" in our front yard.
General Edition and Sizing Information:
Limited Edition Prints signed and numbered in an edition of 100. Each print is made personally by me, printed either on Ilford Multigrade Classic fiber paper and selenium toned or on Canson Platine paper using a Canon Pro-1000 printer and my personal printing profiles. Mounted and over-matted on 4-ply or 8-ply museum board using the most current industry standards for archival permanence.
Open Edition Archival Pigment print made personally by me on Canson Rag Photographique paper using a Canon Pro-1000 printer and my personal printing profiles. Actual image size approximately 8x10 inches, over-matted to 14x17. Digitally signed.
Sizing:
8x10 Open Edition - Image size approximately 8x10, over-matted to 14x17 on 4-ply museum board
11 x 14 – Image size approximately 9 x 11.5 inches, over-matted to 16x20 on 4-ply museum board.