Photography News Issue 30

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Photography News Issue 30 absolutephoto.com

Digital FineArt Collection

Four finishes are available in the Hahnemühle Digital FineArt range with the option of different weights and various surface structures to suit different needs and tastes. The premium coating on the original artists papers ensures prints have an exclusive tactile quality, give supremely detailed images and also excellent conservation qualities

to the standard required by museums and galleries (ISO 9706). To help you get the most from the Digital FineArt Collection free ICC profiles are available for download from the Hahnemühle website. Profiles for most popular current printers are available and there is an archive for profiles to suit older printers too.

SmoothMatt FineArt

Glossy FineArt

A very popular series of papers among photographers with the option of seven finishes, all with wide-colour gamut ideal for critical photographic output. Four surfaces feature barium sulphate or baryta in their coating to give a rich tonal reproduction comparable to that from conventional analogue papers used in chemical darkrooms. Of course, the baryta papers work well with all sorts of images, but they are even more impressive for monochrome photographs where youwant the extremely deep blacks and crispmidtone reproduction. Among this series’ many highlights perhaps FineArt Baryta is the one to try if you are new to the range. Its wide colour gamut and high image definition will give your photographs, especially monochrome, the impact and tonal depth they deserve.

Seven surface finishes are offered in the Smooth Matt FineArt collection including the very popular Photo Rag. Bamboo, the world’s first digital fine art paper made from bamboo fibres, is 90% bamboo and 10% cotton and has a weight of 290gsm. It is especially suited to warm- toned monochrome and colour images. Photo Rag comes with options so if you want a double-sided paper you can go for Paper Rag Duo or if your preference is for the smoothest possible matt, then Photo Ultra Smooth is the material to use. Photo Rag itself is available in 188, 308 and 500gsm weights and the fine, smooth finish suits colour and black &white pictures giving results with great depth and excellent tonal gradation.

TexturedMatt FineArt

Canvas FineArt

If your preference is for papers with even greater haptic, look no further than the choices offered by the Textured Matt FineArt range. Five surfaces are available including William Turner, voted by readers of Photography News as Best Inkjet Media: Fine Art Finish 2015. This genuine mould-made paper is offered in 190 and 310gsm weights and has a rich matt watercolour texture suitable for outputting traditional artworks as well as photographs. Other textured matt options include German Etching, a heavyweight board with a velvety smooth, fine texture surface very popular for artwork and photography and Albrecht Dürer, amould-made watercolour paper that will give photographs an effective art finish.

Many photographers aim for a more painterly approach with their images and this set of Hahnemühle papers provides that option. Made from cotton or polycotton, six surfaces are offered, from Canvas Metallic with its strikingmetallic gleamon a fine structured fabric for a unique effect toMonet Canvas, a heavy cotton canvas with a natural white base, perfect for art reproductions and high- quality photo output. Leonardo Canvas is another eye-catching product and its fine, smooth structure is ideal for art and photographic use and it is both water-resistant and hard-wearing. If your taste is for a matt coating and a more vivid linen structure, then Canvas Artist is the product to try.