Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set books
Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set books
Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set books
Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set books
Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set books
Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set books
Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set books

Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set books

Omnific Studios, London, England, 2002

Description

The first and most obvious requirement was to achieve reproductions as faithful as possible to the “spirit” of the original photographs. The 1,642 original prints were scanned at the National Gallery. With Sarah Greenough and Mary Yakush, Robert Hennessey devised a printing strategy using black plus five colors, plus a selective tint, that could be variously combined to approximate the range of colors in Stieglitz’s platinum, palladium and gelatin silver prints. The second requirement was to reproduce the prints in a proportionate size, accurately reproducing minute differences between prints of a similar size.

Collections: 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2002
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Design firm
Omnific Studios
Designer
Derek Birdsall
Production director
Bob Hennessey
Production coordinator
Chris Vogel
Trim size
9 5/8 x 12 5/8 inches
Pages
Volume 1, 496, Volume 2, 460
Quantity printed
8,505
Compositors
Elsa Birdsall, Shirley Birdsall, Omnific Studios
Typefaces
Futura, Monotype Walbaum
Printer
Cantz
Paper
Scheufelen PhoeniXmotion Xantur 150 gsm
Binding method
Hardcover, Smyth-sewn
Jacket designer
Derek Birdsall
Jacket printer
Cantz
Author
Sarah Greenough
Editor
Mary Yakush
Publisher
National Gallery of Art
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