Ansel Adams printed without borders but the print was permanently
mounted to a backing which got the pencil signature in the lower
right hand corner.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On May 24, 2007, at 8:38 AM, Chris Crawford wrote:
> There are rules for signing works of art on paper, which includes
> Photography. The signiture should be done in Pencil only outside
> the image
> area (in the white border..print on big enough paper to allow this)
> right
> under the lower right corner of the picture. If you used a type of
> paper
> that will not work with pencil (eg, Glossy or pearl surfaces) then a
> permananent marker like sharpie is ok. Pencil is preferred because
> pencil
> will never, ever fade. All inks eventually will, but pencil will
> outlive any
> photographic print or watercolor painting and will outlast many
> types of
> drawings too.
>
> The mat is cut a little larger than the image area so that the
> edges of the
> image show and the signiture shows. I usually leave an extra 1/4
> inch around
> the top and sides, and 3/4 to one inch on the bottom to show the
> signiture.
> A title can be written under the picture on the border under the right
> corner if you wish...the mat cut as I describe will allow the title
> to show
> as well.
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