Choosing Your Print
Every print is made at a professional fine-art lab and built to last for generations. Here’s how to pick the one that’s right for your wall.
Same photograph, three ways to own it
Whichever finish you choose, you’re getting the exact image I captured — printed with archival inks and papers rated to hold their color for 100 years or more. There are three: two on paper — a vivid Photographic print or a fine-art cotton-rag print — or a gallery-wrapped Canvas. Here’s how to choose.
Two beautiful ways to print it
Both are genuine fine-art prints. The difference is the surface — and the feeling.
Photographic
The vivid classic
The surprising part: there’s no ink at all. Your photo is exposed onto light-sensitive paper with lasers, then developed in chemical baths — the same silver-halide process behind every classic film print. Because the image is developed into the paper rather than laid on top, the color stays beautifully continuous and the print shrugs off fingerprints and everyday handling.
Best for: rich, true-to-life color and brilliant value — a gorgeous, durable print for any room.
Want it ready to hang? Photographic prints can also come mounted on matboard — from $69.
Fine Art
The gallery piece
Giclée (zhee-CLAY — French for “to spray”) is the museum approach: archival pigment inks misted onto heavy, acid-free 100% cotton-rag paper with a soft, watercolor-like texture. A wider ink set means deeper blacks and richer color, and the matte surface has zero glare — so the image reads perfectly from any angle, like a painting on your wall.
Best for: a statement piece or an heirloom — the collector’s choice for the images you love most.
Gallery-wrapped canvas
Canvas Gallery Wrap
Ready to hang
Your photograph stretched over a wooden frame with the edges wrapped — no glass, no framing required. Soft, textural, and ready to hang straight out of the box. Warm and inviting over a sofa or a bed.
Still deciding? The quick version.
- Want a museum-quality statement or heirloom → Fine Art
- Want vivid, true-to-life color and great value → Photographic
- Want it ready to hang, soft and textural → Canvas
And if you’re torn? Go with the one that makes you feel something when you picture it on your wall. With any of them, you really can’t go wrong.
Questions about choosing a print
What is a giclée fine-art print?
Giclée (zhee-CLAY, French for “to spray”) is the museum printing method: archival pigment inks are misted onto heavy, acid-free 100% cotton-rag paper. The wider ink set gives deeper blacks and richer color, and the matte surface has zero glare, so the image reads perfectly from any angle — like a painting on your wall.
What’s the difference between a photographic print and a fine-art print?
A photographic print is made with a silver-halide process — your photo is exposed onto light-sensitive paper and developed in chemical baths, with no ink at all, for rich, true-to-life color and great value. A fine-art print is a giclée: archival pigment inks on matte cotton-rag paper, with a softer, gallery-grade surface and no glare. Photographic is the vivid classic; fine art is the collector’s piece.
Do canvas prints need a frame?
No. A gallery-wrapped canvas is stretched over a wooden frame with the edges wrapped — no glass and no framing required. It arrives ready to hang straight out of the box.
Made to last, whichever you choose
Every option is archival, museum-grade, and produced with care at a professional fine-art lab — rated to hold its color for a century or more. There’s no bad choice here. Just the one that’s right for your wall.