The 2023-2024
12x12" Inkjet Print
Books & Thematic PROJECTS
In late December, 2024 I decided to restructure & revise my 2023-2024 Inkjet Print Project. It just kept growing in size and complexity, so I have tried to simplify how to best present this large body of inkjet printed work which, at its heart, is the very large project consisting of eleven 12x12" Inkjet Print Books consisting of arbitrarily selected favorite images from my blog and early gelatin print projects, images which had never before been given an inkjet print physical form. And then, from the Books, I have collected images that belong together in terms of various shared thematic ideas, etc. as described below in the titles of the over twenty-four 12x12" Thematic PROJECTS.
Very recently, since June 2024, I have begun to make large 18x18" and 21x21" Square Inkjet Prints, of some of the 12x12" images I have made for this project. I pretty much simply used the large files I had created for the 12x12" images, suspecting from the beginning that I might want to make larger images from the 12x12" files for various reasons.
I have created a separate list for the Books and a separate list for the PROJECTS. Since the PROJECTS are thematic collections, I thought it would be best to begin there, then follow with the Books.
It has been quite an education for me, making all the 12x12" prints for the Books and then selecting images from the Books according to recurring themes for the PROJECTS. Through
this process I have become more conscious of how so many of my favorite images address--simultaneously--multiple thematic issues.
The 12x12" inkjet print
PROJECTS
_________________Thematic collections of images___________________
All of the PROJECT images exist as 12x12" inkjet prints, drawn for the most part from the over 800 printed images collected within the 12x12" B00ks. Each PROJECT's introductory text discusses the thematic issues announced in the title.
The tonal mattes that surround the 12x12" images vary in size, but in every case I have carefully considered the tone-color and width of the surrounding matte very carefully and thus I do consider the matte an integral part of each image.
As I have already mentioned, I have recently made 18x18" and 21x21" versions of several of the 12x12" images, and I have made some 16x20" versions of some of the 12x12" images as well. See the complete collection of 2023-2024 inkjet printed projects and photographs in this one blog link: The Complete 2023~2024 Inkjet Print Project Published December 23, 2024; This link includes the 21x21, 18x18, 16x20 & 12x12" collections of inkjet prints and several other related projects.
Please Note: most (but not all) of the 12x12" images in the BOOK and PROJECT collections
can be printed larger than 12x12." Nearly all of the 12x12" symmetrical images can be
printed up to 21" high x 21" wide . . . and in some instances much wider.
A final Note: I am concerned that you see my blog images in the highest quality reproductions possible. The blog images can never be as thrilling as the actual prints, but I encourage you to look over the following statement below which I have included in nearly all of my blog projects of the last two years:
A brief note about "How to Best View My Online Blog Images"
If you are viewing this project on a desktop computer or a laptop, I encourage you to read my blog explanation regarding How to Best View My Online Blog Images. In brief, click on an image once, then once again; this will (hopefully) enlarge the image and present it in a dark tonal environment at its maximum viewing quality in terms of image sharpness, luminance, tonal gradations, etc. Once you have entered this alternate viewing space you can then use your zoom-in & zoom-out keyboard or menu options to adjust the image size to your screen, and you can darken or lighten your computer's screen brightness to suit your equipment and viewing preferences.
12x12" PROJECT : The Rising Sun, The Solar Eclipse, The Midnight Sun, & The Blue Pearl April 15, 2024
First Edition: Images made between April 2024 through July 2024
12x12" PROJECT : Things Suspended in Space - Part II, Thing-Centered Photographs, September 20, 2024
12x12" PROJECT : Symmetrical Thing-Centered Photographs : Part III of the "Thing-Centered Photographs" Project October 1, 2024
12x12" PROJECT : Infinity ~ Symmetrical Photographs : Infinite patters of Space & Light. October 10, 2024
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The 12x12" inkjet print
BOOKS
_____________Non-thematic collections of images_______________
The eleven 12x12" Inkjet Print BOOKS listed below are digital (blog) collections of the 12x12" inkjet print images that were originally published in my thematic blog projects. I have chosen images that work well in the 12x12" format. (Some images work better in their original longer 4:3 format and thus were not included in the 12x12" Books, and some images needed to be printed larger to best articulate visually the picture's presence and meaning.
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I stopped making silver gelatin negatives and prints after 2003 when I bought my first Epson printer and a scanner to make digital files from my negatives. I have scanned both prints and negatives from earlier projects for the purposes of publishing the photographs in my blog projects which I began making in late 2010, and for the purposes of making the inkjet prints you will be seeing blog versions of in this project.
Though the BOOKS do not deal with particular themes, within each collection there may be clusters of images that relate to each other in various ways in terms of subject matter, formal issues, conceptual themes, etc. Also, many of the 12x12" inkjet print images may differ in format, from the earlier versions published in my blog projects.
The idea to make 12x12" (square) inject prints from favorite images I had published in my blog projects (beginning in November 2010) was in part inspired by the early Studies I photography project of 1994-2000, in which I made miniature, snapshot size silver gelatin prints of images I found hidden in my archive of early mostly 35mm black and white negatives. I have written in detail about this in my Introduction for Book One.
I have mentioned that the "12x12 inkjet print" images are surrounded by a tonal matte which I consider to be an integral part of the 12x12" image; I have written about the mattes in several BOOK introductions, including the Introduction to my first Book of 12x12" inkjet photographs, and the Introduction to my early inkjet print project: The Pandemic Inkjet Prints.
At the time of publishing the ELEVENTH BOOK there were over 800 inkjet prints (12x12") in total. Many of the 12x12" inkjet prints work perfectly for the images I had chosen, and some needed to be printed larger. To see my collection of the larger newly printed inkjet prints, please click on this link The Complete 2023~2024 Inkjet Print Project
Please Note: most (but not all) of the 12x12" images in the BOOK and PROJECT collections
can be printed larger than 12x12" ranging from 15x15" to, in some cases, 18x18" and larger.
Nearly all of the 12x12" symmetrical images can be printed to 21x21" and many of the
longer formatted symmetrical images can be printed 21" high & up to 26" wide.
Book ONE, May-June, 2023 A 12x12 Inkjet Print project
Book TWO, July 7, 2023 A 12x12 Inkjet Print project
Book THREE, July 25, 2023 A 12x12 Inkjet Print project
Book SEVEN, February 14, 2024 A 12x12 Inkjet Print project
Book EIGHT, March 22, 2024 A 12x12 Inkjet Print project
Book TEN September 5, 2024 A 12x12 Inkjet Print project
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This project page was published in mid-December, 2023
and revised multiple times in 2024
Latest updated: December 24, 2024
Related Blog Project Links
Published December 23, 2024; this is a revised and updated blog
project page dedicated to all of my 2023-2024 Inkjet Print Projects
The link above includes the 21x21, 18x18, 16x20 & 12x12" collections of inkjet prints and much more
Please visit the Welcome Page to my blog The Departing Landscape. It includes the complete hyperlinked listing of my online photography projects dating from the most recent to those dating back to the 1960's. You will also find on the Welcome Page my resume, contact information . . . and much more.
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