Artist statement: This image was taken at the Frieze Art Fair in New York this year in May. I discovered a funny coincidence as I was walking around of people matching artworks they were observing. I loved the chance nature of this encounter, the serendipity which runs in all my portrait work, reflecting my admiration of street photography. I realised with this image I would hunt a series out of the day.
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.
