You take every reasonable effort to adhere to archival best practices: you use tested materials (pigment-based ink, paper of the correct pH), you have it framed by a framer you know is well versed in museum practices, you keep it away from direct sunlight, etc., etc. Well, let's say you make a print of a beautiful picture of your spouse. In the days of black-and-white darkroom prints, it was always a topic of lively interest, to the point that people argued spiritedly (and seemingly endlessly, although the end eventually came) over the efficacy of different types of print washer designs.Īlthough I'm not uniniterested in this aspect of print preservation, I find I'm much more interested in an entirely different area of print life expectancy (LE)-you might even call it 'picture LE'-: survivability.Īnd what do I mean by 'survivability,' and what's the distinction between it and what people call 'preservation' or 'print longevity' or 'permanence'? It's an issue in framing inkjet prints, but it's been an area of concern among photographers for a long time. With our easy-to-use editor, simply import your photos and start creating.I've noticed over the years that photographers and photography enthusiasts by and large are interested mainly in the technical aspects of print preservation: materials, deterioration, degradation by environmental factors, light-fading and color fastness, and so on.

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