Jim Westphalen
Born and raised on Long Island, New York, Jim Westphalen resides in Vermont and has been a professional and fine art photographer for over 30 years. His work is exhibited in galleries and museums across the country, collected nationally and abroad.
The Process
Westphalen uses a vintage 4x5 field camera which gives him unlimited control to shape and focus the elements of each captured scene. He’s adapted this camera body to state-of-the art digital hardware which renders remarkable detail and sharpness. It’s this marriage of classic hardware and vintage lenses, along with the new digital technology, that gives his photographs their signature painterly look. The images you see here are not manipulated. They are true photographs.
What is an Archival Pigment Print?
The pigments used in archival pigment prints are microscopically small encapsulated ink particles that, when laid on paper, are just large enough to bind permanently with the surface of the paper; as opposed to becoming absorbed into the paper as with the dye based inks of ink jet prints, which are far less stable. It is this process that enables the image to maintain incredible sharpness while retaining a painterly softness when used on cotton-based rag papers. Pigment prints will not fade or shift color for a remarkably long period of time - guaranteed 100 years when varnished and thus classified as archival.
No Glass?
The prints on display are made on 100% acid free rag papers and then coated with an optically clear varnish for UV protection. This does away with the need for glass, removing the viewing barrier and glare.
