Artist statement: For me the veracity of a photograph lies more in its recording of moments in time than its optical verisimilitude. But time is a paradox – only the present is truly real for us, and the only constant is change. Drowned by Tasmania’s Hydro Electric Commission in 1972, I never saw the original Lake Pedder, and I have only experienced it through representations and recounted memories of others. Looking across the Serpentine impoundment's waters, waiting in stillness beneath a star-filled night sky and morning fogs, I imagine the extraordinary Lake Pedder of the past feeding the ancient meanderings of the Serpentine River, and I dream of its possible futures.
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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.
