CHAPTER 17

Printing for Exhibition by Mike Crawford

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John Myers exhibition Middle England. Image courtesy of the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham.

In the digital age the quality of the print remains a crucial aspect of the exhibition and collection of photographs despite the disappearance of many traditional darkrooms. In this chapter Mike Crawford, a printer using both digital and analogue technologies, raises the issues that affect his work.

Of the many considerations that organizing a photographic exhibition requires, one of the foremost should be the quality of the prints. Sequencing and arranging their order will give the exhibition its narrative, ...

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