Artist statement: Whilst vast swaths of Australia’s farmlands are suffering following several years of crippling drought, one small beef cattle property is making – well – a killing. Beef cattle farmers 71-year-old Janice and husband 84-year-old Keith Osborne run their stock on the lush plains of their moist property at Daintree north of Port Douglas – a landscape many drought effected farmers can only dream about. Last year their cattle sold for 90 cents a kilo – this year it's up to $2.40 per kilo – and it has rained every month for the past year.
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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.
