Artist statement: I love the captures of Ansel Adams. As a photographer who shoots mostly in black and white, I find his photographs inspirational.
During my photography trip to Yosemite National Park, I felt instantly the landscape Ansel Adams saw and was inspired by. My training as a printmaker is what draws me to the old traditional black-and-white print. I always liked the power of the black-and-white image and how it can capture a scene without colour, uncluttering what is in view.
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.
