Printing
All black and white art photographs on the gallery pages of this website are for sale as hand-made archival prints using modern digital darkroom methods and the highest quality Ilford Galerie and EPSON papers.
The photographs are signed and titled by the photographer and printer, Ronald Scherpenisse.
They are widely sold for interior decor in the the home, office, etc and are in private collections. and make ideal gifts for birthdays, and any special occasion.
ILFORD Galerie Smooth Pearl and ILFORD Galerie Gold Silk Papers and EPSON Papers are used for all the prints.
The photographs are NOT mass produced. A typical print run is between 5 and 10 prints. Unless otherwise stated they are open edition prints, NOT limited editions. However, Ronald Scherpenisse produces new work, many of them are only ever printed once so in this case up to 10 photographs are all that will be produced.
Unmounted Prints
Unmounted prints will be supplied with broad white borders. The signature and title are added immediately beneath the image in this bottom border.
Mounted Prints
Mounted (unframed) prints can also be supplied. Photographic prints are mounted onto card then a window matt/mount is cut with a suitable aperture to fit over the image area of the print. The mounted print is then ready to be framed, either at your local framing shop or using a standard size of ready made frame.
Prints are trimmed to the sizes shown on the order pages (e.g. 30 x 40 cm, 40 x 50 cm, etc.) of the gallery section and will not need further trimming to fit standard ready made frames, as sold by many retailers.
Dorée mounts and mountboard are used exclusively to ensure that print life is not compromised by the choice of mount materials. Window mounts are white ('Polar White' lightly textured card).
Framed Prints
The risk of broken glass prevents us from supplying framed photographs by mail order. We do our own framing so that we can keep our prices as low as possible. We use a range of frames, all chosen to complement our photographs.