Artist statement: It is in the daily grind that I tend to find the most interesting moments, often small and inconsequential, that transform a scene into being entirely unexpected and arresting. The challenge lies in the awareness of my surroundings, where I have to be both predictive and reactive to any one specific moment, and sense where and when to be positioned if it were to occur. It is this inherent uncertainty in street photography that continues to stimulate me, knowing that each morning I leave the house I may come home with an image that can’t be captured again – quintessentially in the present, documented for the future as a moment in history.
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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.
