'Somewhere in Dublin' - prints

'Somewhere in Dublin', It's a collection of photographs I made using Holga 120GN camera and B&W negative film (various) while walking or cycling through the streets of Dublin for the last few years. 

This particular constantly growing collection is now available for sale in a form of small but beautiful and affordable prints.
These are signed Fine Art Archival unmounted prints on Canson Photosatin Premium RC museum grade semigloss paper (270g/m2).

Paper size: A4
Print size: 6x6 inch (apx 15x15cm)

Price EUR 35 (per print) includes postage worldwide.

If you would like to purchase such print just contact me please with the title of selected photograph and I will forward details with payment methods (PayPal, bank transfer or cash) and estimated delivery time.

You can also have a look at selection of Limited Edition prints (most of them framed) available HERE or original one of a kind wet prints made in large format camera and wet processed (framed) available HERE . Please click links attached.

Thank you!

New website and Fine Art Prints

  Once I came back from my holidays in August I was literally bombed with commercial assignments which for some reason I was avoiding before. This time I decided to face new venture and I must say - I really enjoy it :)

In this situation there is not much space left for pure creativity unfortunately. 

My temporary abandoned projects however will eventually back to live sooner or later and I will be also more active online.

...So here I am after about 3 months of absence on this blog ;)

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As many of you already know I managed to launch the new website about 3 weeks ago.

This one covers more information, it's faster and mobile friendly.

I would like to point here quite important feature - incorporated ecommerce. 

I moved all my fine art prints sales into one place - my website (click HERE please).

At the same time I would like to introduce new series of fine art limited edition prints which many people asked about.

From now on I am selling copies of photographs I am making walking around Dublin with my Large Format camera loaded with Direct Positive Paper, material which is not produced anymore.

Limited edition prints keeps the same size as originals ...4x5inch.

Each of them will be printed by myself and framed by professional framer.
Frame size will be apx 14x15 inch.

Each limited edition photograph (15 pieces) will be printed on a beautiful Canson Infinity Rag Photographique museum quality matte paper, pencil signed on print recto and signed, stamped with date, print date and edition number in ink on print verso. 

As for now 8 photographs from this particular series is for sale and 4 other including very popular 'Film House'.

Also if someone decide to go for the original one and the only wet print which was exposed in the camera (instead of limited edition copy) it is possible to buy them on Saatchi Art Online Gallery. There is 6 available at the moment. These will be also framed by framer and delivered by courier.

Please click HERE 

Below are all links once again.

Limited Edition Fine Art Prints:
http://www.artursikora.com/prints/

Original Prints on Saatchi Art:
http://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/694652

Thank you!

Prints on Saatchi Art

I decided to put on sale some of my photographs made on Direct Positive Paper. 
I am talking here about original 4x5 inch wet prints made in camera and processed in darkroom. These are always one of a kind single copies.

one of the wet prints available for sale

Direct Positive Paper itself is not available for sale anymore which makes such photographs even more unique.
All images are signed (at the back of the print and front of mounting board) and will be framed (wooden frame) by a professional framer.

Example of framed wet print

All of it is available on Saatchi Art website. /LINK/
Soon I will also put on sale limited edition of its copies (pigment prints) on archival (museum quality) paper. Limited edition prints will be available on my ETSY shop. /LINK/

Thank you!

Prints...

In this article I would like to draw a little bit of your attention to my Etsy shop. Most of you already know it but for all of those who are new here - Artur Sikora Photography Etsy Shop offers some of my photographs as a limited edition prints.

All presented there photographs are printed on beautiful Canson Infinity Rag Photographique (310) matte paper. It is a 100% cotton museum grade white Fine Art paper. It also does not contain any Optical Brightening Agents (OBAs).
Quality of every single print on such a paper along with Epson Ultrachrome K3 Vivid Magenta inks technology is absolutely amazing and everlasting.

Each photograph is signed and numbered at the front and back and comes with certificate of authenticity. 
Photographs are printed with 1 inch margin around which leaves just right amount of space for mounting and framing...and it's obviously looks good.
Some of my prints already found their new homes in Switzerland, Japan, US, Poland and of course Ireland. I believe there is much more places perfectly suitable for them ;)
Postage at the moment is free worldwide.
Please have a look at my online shop: PRINTS

Also feel free to contact me if you have any question related to it.

Thank you!

...about memory

This is a short post about one of many roles photography has to fulfill. I just thought it is good to point it even if it’s so obvious for many of us.
Yesterday I finished scanning a bunch of an old negatives for a friend of mine. All of them from early 70’s. All taken by her father. It tooks time but what a pleasure it was. Looking at the each scanned image is exactly like traveling in time. I believe lots of those photographs were never seen before. It is something very unique. Rediscovering moments. Live them again...

scan from about 40 years old negative

After that I did a little research in my old archives. Found a portrait of my grandfather. This photograph was taken maybe 50 years ago or even earlier. Author remains unknown. I realized how important it is for me. It shows my grandfather exactly in the way I remember him. Man full of positive energy.
I never took a picture of him myself. Don't know why. Maybe obviously because i wasn’t photographing people back then...

scan from about 50 years old print

All of it reminds me of a two blog posts I read some time ago. They draw my attention in a very special way. Both of them /very personal stories/ were about passage of time.
Both of them raised the question of sense of photography...
Why we are taking photographs?
Whatever we say it usually going to one conclusion  - to memorize...
...and memorize not only people. It concerns everything around us.
Sounds obvious? Yes, definitely. But somehow... I never thought about it in that way.

Photographer holds the role of time machine operator. Each can do it in a very unique and personal way.