Deborah Paauwe is well known for her photographs that peer through layers of lace and across voluptuous folds of satin, into the personal space of young women. ‘Eternal spell’ is part of a series titled Carousel. The photographs in this series all adopt an aerial perspective, picturing women from above with vintage dresses fanning out in circular forms around them. The artist describes these works as being concerned with surveillance and, more specifically, the religious notion that God is like an eye in the sky that watches over every individual.
(2014)
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.
