Artist statement: ‘Southside’ is from the series Traveller or tourist? which explores travel with imagery that seeks to engage and transport the viewer. A painterly landscape that expands on travelling as it mixes with exploration of light, emotion, past travels and art. This work is a photomontage combining adjacent scenes in the remote mountain regions south of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco. The use of bold colour and contrasts combines to add depth to the whole composition. This interweaving of scenes from the south side celebrates beauty that is timeless and ageless.
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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.
