Artist statement: The work’s title, ‘The golden hour’, refers to the transitory moment in which day slips into night. It is a time when the sky changes colour and the landscape begins to glow. Here, the golden hour is not just a timestamp, it is an allegory. We are, all of us, caught in the midst of transition and on the cusp of great change. The world feels as if it’s on a precipice, socially, environmentally and politically. But what does this moment hold? Behind the facade of our perfectly constructed and highly curated self-images, there are urgent issues that need our attention. Do we have the ability to look beyond ourselves and into the world itself?
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.
