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Six ways to print a photograph, from museum-quality cotton paper to sublimation on fabric.
The paper makes the print. Classic papers give the traditional photographic rendering, gloss or lustre; Fine Art papers (Canson, Awagami, Hahnemühle) are 100% cotton and made for conservation. Pantachrome, with its metallic surface, produces dense colours conventional papers cannot.
Zahara on choosing your paper
Mounting gives a print rigidity and a clean edge, so it can hang without glass or a frame.
Dibond is the gallery favourite: two aluminium sheets over a polyethylene core, light, rigid and stable through temperature change. Aluminium 1mm suits smaller formats up to around 30×45cm for a discreet, raw look. Forex, in 3, 5 and 10mm, is the economical white PVC option. Board is used mainly behind glass, to keep the print flat. We fit the hanging system too: a recessed frame set 5cm in, one or two metal brackets, a hanging bar, or adhesive fixings depending on thickness.
Zahara on mounting
Framing is part of the print, not an afterthought. We make frames to measure in the Etterbeek studio and advise on what suits the work and the room it will hang in.
American boxes, frames with or without glass, in a range of colours and finishes. Mat mounting in conservation materials so nothing in contact with the print will discolour it over time. Bring the print or have us produce and frame it in one go.
Zahara on framing
High-resolution scanning of silver negatives, slides and contact sheets, for archiving or for printing at exhibition scale.
We deliver 16-bit TIFF files, dust-and-scratch cleaned on request, with the tonal range of the original preserved rather than flattened. Useful when the negative is the only surviving copy, and necessary when you intend to print large.
We create your certificate of authenticity.
On request we can draw up an original certificate of authenticity to accompany your photographic prints. Price: €10.
