The look of yesteryear....
All photo papers in common usage are PE based, i.e. they are a thin paper coated top and bottom with polyethylene, and then the emulsion. PE papers were introduced in the late 70’s to minimise the wash time of chemical prints from 30 minutes to 3 minutes.
For pigment printing, washing is redundant.
The look and feel of a fibre based (normally alpha-cellulose, sometimes cotton) paper is the same as picking up a photo that’s 50 years old. In fact, the chemical makeup of Baryta coated papers comes from a 50 year old recipe. In PE papers the surface (gloss, lustre) is patterned in to the plastic. In fibre based papers the surface is the texture of the fibre, so each surface is unique, some are machine made, some are mould made, every one different.
Fibre Based papers are excellent for Professional Sales, but their main use is in Displays and Exhibitions, and are classed as ‘museum quality’, meaning they have an extremely long life..some as long as 400 years. Traditionally most photos on fibre based paper are black & white (colour didn’t come in to main usage until the 1960’s) so a lot of exhibition prints are done on fibre based paper, in black & white.
The paper is printed at the highest resolution, and has the best shadow detail, blacks and sharpness of all the photo papers.
The Doctors House by Ray Meyer © 2010
Hahnemuhle Art Pearl Paper
Weight - 285gsm
Surface - Special Pearl
Max. Width - 915mm (36in)
Custom sizes available POA
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