Had a very nice meal and talk with my buddy Larry last night here in Edmonton . His new book "BEYOND THE DARKNESS" was a main topic. The book is going to be as good as you can make it type of thing, printed to the highest quality . Larry always does things first class, this amazing photo book will follow that same standard. Here are a few details I remembered from our talk.
- Cost around $80 000 CAD to print
- 400 printed normally (trade edition). Cost to print each book $125 CAD, Price to buy $150 CAD.
- 100 very special high end books printed with a slip jacket and signed print included. complete with in-laid photo on the cover.
- 129 images divided into 5 sections, dealing with the different stages of life.
- An introduction to each section written by a world class photography writer who also wrote book introductions for Steve McCurry and Mary Ellen Mark books.
- Stories in the back of the book for some of the photographs. I love this feature.
- The books will be large, forget the exact dimensions but large.
- A 4 times Quadro printing process of some type (not sure I got the name right). Each image goes through the special large production press 4 times (see photos below). The quality and tone of these photographs will be amazing, possibly of better quality than prints made from any ink jet type printer,
This promises to be world class quality book filled with extremely high end images. Larry is one of Canada's most important photographers, his book will secure and cement his photographic legacy. I will post updates later for you all and a link where you can buy the book when it completed (around Christmas time).
Note* This "BEYOND THE DARKNESS" book blog is what I remember from our talk last night, there might be a few errors on my part. Memories are like that, a bit hit and a bit miss.
- Cost around $80 000 CAD to print
- 400 printed normally (trade edition). Cost to print each book $125 CAD, Price to buy $150 CAD.
- 100 very special high end books printed with a slip jacket and signed print included. complete with in-laid photo on the cover.
- 129 images divided into 5 sections, dealing with the different stages of life.
- An introduction to each section written by a world class photography writer who also wrote book introductions for Steve McCurry and Mary Ellen Mark books.
- Stories in the back of the book for some of the photographs. I love this feature.
- The books will be large, forget the exact dimensions but large.
- A 4 times Quadro printing process of some type (not sure I got the name right). Each image goes through the special large production press 4 times (see photos below). The quality and tone of these photographs will be amazing, possibly of better quality than prints made from any ink jet type printer,
This promises to be world class quality book filled with extremely high end images. Larry is one of Canada's most important photographers, his book will secure and cement his photographic legacy. I will post updates later for you all and a link where you can buy the book when it completed (around Christmas time).
Note* This "BEYOND THE DARKNESS" book blog is what I remember from our talk last night, there might be a few errors on my part. Memories are like that, a bit hit and a bit miss.
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| Part of the printing process for Larry's new book, in Vancouver, photos by Larry Louie |
