Artist statement: While working on assignment for The New York Times at the Deniliquin Ute Muster, I came across Aboriginal bull rider Kaleb Comollatti, a Wulli Wulli man from central Queensland as he was awaiting his turn to compete. Surrounded by the archetypal cowboys associated with a rodeo competition, Kaleb stood.
I saw a proud Indigenous man in his leather chaps, holding his helmet, both adorned with the Aboriginal flag. In his rough outback hardened deep voice, he says, ‘You got to be proud because you don’t get very many Indigenous riders these days, let people know. Because the people in the crowd don’t know unless you show them.’
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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.
