Macrocystis and Hormosira seaweed, Tasmania
Peter Dombrovskis is one of Australia’s best known wilderness photographers with an international reputation for his photographs of remote parts of Tasmania. Throughout his career, Dombrovskis produced a large and significant body of work that incorporates a range of approaches to landscape photography from close-focus nature studies to dramatic vistas.
Dombrovskis’s images of the Tasmanian wilderness were produced with the intention of inspiring its protection. His photographs have consequently raised public and political awareness around the importance of Tasmania’s wild and remote areas and have played a role in preserving various Tasmanian natural places, including most famously the Franklin River. Years after their creation, Dombrovskis’s images serve as valuable reminders of the beauty of these places and continue to encourage a broader reflection on the importance of the natural environment.
(2021)
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.
