Afghan trader turning to smile, market, Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan
2007–09
In early 2007, Green and Brown were appointed official war artists. Together they spent six weeks visiting military installations and bases throughout the Middle East, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf. The artists were attached to the Australian Defence Force and had privileged access to high security areas. They were thus able to photograph in great detail the activities of Australian troops and the environments in which they operated. This photograph was produced during this period and is part of a larger series of images that includes landscapes, pictures of service personnel engaging with local people, and images of service personnel at work. Together, these images explore the conditions of modern conflict.
(2018)
Also known as Giclee prints or bubble-jet prints, pigment ink-jet prints are generated by computer printers from digital or scanned files using dye-based or pigment-based inks. A series of nozzles spray tiny droplets of ink onto the paper surface in a precise pattern that corresponds to the digital image file. In dye-based prints the ink soaks into the paper, whereas in pigment-based prints the ink rests and dries on top of the paper surface.
Whilst the term is broad, pigment ink-jet prints have come to be associated with prints produced on fine art papers. They are the most versatile and archival method of printing available to photographers today. A wide variety of material on which an image can be printed with such inks are available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolour paper, cotton canvas or pre-coated canvas.
