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08/06/2011 12:12:26 AM · #1 |
| So what are your views on signing prints to be framed? Here in Jamaica, the photo community say's prints must never be signed inside the image. WTH? Neither by hand or computer generated. It must always be placed outside the print at the bottom right. Either on a border or sign directly on the matting. Is this the way its done? |
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08/06/2011 12:33:44 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by dmadden:
So what are your views on signing prints to be framed? Here in Jamaica, the photo community say's prints must never be signed inside the image. WTH? Neither by hand or computer generated. It must always be placed outside the print at the bottom right. Either on a border or sign directly on the matting. Is this the way its done? |
Yep, usually. At least in the Fine Arts branch of photography. Sometimes photographers will sign and date on the BACK of the print for authentication purposes; that's very common.
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08/06/2011 12:45:22 AM · #3 |
| Yup, what Bear said. Photographs are not like paintings. |
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08/06/2011 01:09:19 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by TheDruid:
Yup, what Bear said. Photographs are not like paintings. |
Ohh dear! A pity :) |
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08/06/2011 01:11:55 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by dmadden:
So what are your views on signing prints to be framed? Here in Jamaica, the photo community say's prints must never be signed inside the image. WTH? Neither by hand or computer generated. It must always be placed outside the print at the bottom right. Either on a border or sign directly on the matting. Is this the way its done? |
Yep, usually. At least in the Fine Arts branch of photography. Sometimes photographers will sign and date on the BACK of the print for authentication purposes; that's very common.
R. |
What about glicees? I've seem many of them signed directly on the image... |
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08/06/2011 05:52:18 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by gg3rd:
What about glicees? I've seem many of them signed directly on the image... |
Here's a pen. Here's your giclee. Sign it wherever you want. I've just never, personally, seen a fine-art photographer who signed his work within the image area. I am sure people do it. There's no law against it.
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08/06/2011 07:23:29 AM · #7 |
The tradition I have established for my stuff....All of my photography prints leave the gallery signed and numbered as limited edition prints. I use a gold or silver DecoColor marker. It's part of my business model. Customers really like this and are willing to pay more for the signed, numbered, limited edition print. (Authentication certificate pasted on back of dust cover.) I usually have between 100 and 250 prints in a "run", which include everything from 11x14 and 16x20 matted prints to 20x30 framed prints to really big canvas giclées. When a run is exhausted, I usually have captured something better to replace it. And, it adds to the "sense of urgency to buy now" when a print is about to be retired.
eta: I sign on the print in the lower right corner area. That way, if the mat and frame are changed in the future, the signature remains.
Message edited by author 2011-08-06 07:27:26. |
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08/06/2011 08:20:05 AM · #8 |
 bear_music: to-may-to
hahn23: to-mah-to |
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08/09/2011 12:07:11 PM · #9 |
My take from this thread is that there is no hard and fast rule, but the "fine arts" group signs the matte, and possibly signs the back of the photo (if I remember right, when looking at Weston's photographs for that challenge, his prints were signed on the back in pencil).
But, it is OK (at least in the U.S.) to sign on the print itself, and possibly attach a certificate to the back.
A friend is putting some of my photos into a charity auction, and we were wondering about how best to "sign" them, or if we should...
I think she has them matted, and the back sealed, so we'd probably be looking at attaching a certificate of some kind to the back.
Sounds like we're more-or-less on the right track, yes?
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08/09/2011 12:46:14 PM · #10 |
I recently sold 5 prints through a gallery to a bank...I went in after they cut the mattes and signed on the inside edge of the matte (with a pencil).
It's a bit of a pain to drive there to sign it as soon as the matte is ready, but I think it makes the photo worth more to them. Who knows, someday I may be somebody :) |
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08/09/2011 12:50:50 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Neil:
...Who knows, someday I may be somebody :) |
Dunno. Sounds to me like someone selling prints to a bank is already someone. (Unless of course, your mom is the bank president or chair of the board... ;-p ) |
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