Interesting. The ones in Santa Fe didn't look that way, but frankly, I
didn't look too closely at his, as I'm not a big fan.
Bill Pearce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 1:07 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Signing photos
>
> 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.
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> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
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>
>
> On May 24, 2007, at 8:38 AM, Chris Crawford wrote:
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>> 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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