Digital BW, The Print

Brain, If you get a chance Check out the work of David Fokos. He exhibits all 
over, and is east coast based I believe. A few months back I had a chance to 
see his 36in Black and white Light Jet prints On Fuji Crystal Archive RC 
color paper. Absolutley Stunning, and amazing. I really thought they were 
silver prints untill I read his info sheet. He is an 8x10 shooter and has 
done everything from Silver and Platinum and even Iris. I have seen all the 
versions of his work and the Light Jets I thought were the best. Could have 
been the power of the 36inch prints though. I tried to get a similiar look 
with my own work But my only attempt was printed on Kodak paper and I didn't 
care for it. In e-mail contact with him awhile back he uses some subtle split 
tonning in his RGB files that the LightJet requires. If you can get the Tone 
nailed than this is a very elagant way to make black and white exhibit prints 
from your digital files. I don't think any gallery would turn these down.
Steve Meyers
http://www.xray-art.com

Brian wrote:
What is the B&W print output from the LightJets like? Do you use 
color paper to get a monochrome image or is it possible to use B&W 
paper in the LightJets? And if you can use B&W paper would it be 
possible to use fiber base paper rather than RC?

The reason I ask is that in "fine art" B&W photography the fiber base 
print is the standard. Galleries are very reluctant to accept 
anything else. Although they will except color work on Ilforchrome. 
Not much logic to it but that is the situation.
In a message dated 08/07/2001 6:32:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
mwesley250@... writes:

What Steve didn't mention, besides his name, was that on his website 
he talks about using a LVT for his work making totally incredable x-
ray, yes x-ray, images of flowers. Check it out. Some fantastic stuff 
there.

Steve,

That was actually me pestering Brian about all the neat equipment he 
has at A&I ( http://www.aandi.com/ ).

You also have some wonderful quad tone prints on your site. Can you 
give us a run down on the inks, printers, workflow you use?

Were the David Fokos prints on the glossy, semi-gloss or matte Fuji 
Crystal or is that an option. I saw some super glossy B&W from a 
LightJet a few years ago and up close had a super RC shine to it. Is 
this the same David Fokos that does the platinum prints from digital 
negs? 

http://www.bostick-sullivan.com/Gallery/Fokos/fokos.htm


Thanks,

Martin Wesley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., sdmey4@a... wrote:
> Brain, If you get a chance Check out the work of David Fokos. He 
exhibits all 
> over, and is east coast based I believe. A few months back I had a 
chance to 
> see his 36in Black and white Light Jet prints On Fuji Crystal 
Archive RC 
> color paper. Absolutley Stunning, and amazing. I really thought 
they were 
> silver prints untill I read his info sheet. He is an 8x10 shooter 
and has 
> done everything from Silver and Platinum and even Iris. I have seen 
all the 
> versions of his work and the Light Jets I thought were the best. 
Could have 
> been the power of the 36inch prints though. I tried to get a 
similiar look 
> with my own work But my only attempt was printed on Kodak paper and 
I didn't 
> care for it. In e-mail contact with him awhile back he uses some 
subtle split 
> tonning in his RGB files that the LightJet requires. If you can get 
the Tone 
> nailed than this is a very elagant way to make black and white 
exhibit prints 
> from your digital files. I don't think any gallery would turn these 
down.
> Steve Meyers
> http://www.xray-art.com
> 
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