About the Prints

For the first time in the history of photography, we have the ability and tools to control color, liken Ansel Adam's control of black & white, and we now can functionally separate the image forming process from the substrate it is printed on.
Buck personally makes each giclée print, utilizing the finest digital printmaking techniques and offers these superb; museum crafted, signed and numbered fine art photographs to collectors in eight print size categories.

The Passion Behind it All:
Even though Buck has made a 40 year commitment to mastering the craft of photography, the real essence of what his images convey stems from his emotional response to what God has already created. Whether they are panoramic images or his impressions they all will stir the emotions. These are images that have the power to touch people in their hearts and stir them to truly appreciate all of life.

Buck is convinced that people will be moved to collect his limited editions because in some way they connect with the image and not because of the craft involved or how the image was made.

Giclée Prints:
The term "giclée print" connotes an elevation in printmaking technology. For instance, all images offered in the Panoramic Collection start off by exposing Fuji Velvia film and are processed normally. Then they are drum scanned to convert them into extremely high resolution image files. These image files can easily reach 1.7 GB's and become the master image files. They are then targeted down for each specific size requested, allowing for enough image area to completely wrap around the edges of the hand made canvas stretcher frames. The image is interpolated into pigmented inks that are sprayed on to canvas and allowed to cure. Then the canvas is stretched over the stretcher frame and completed by sealing the back with archival paper and the appropriate hanging hardware. There is a great deal of care and attention to detail put into every piece of artwork.

Pigmented inks excel in permanence and the quality of the giclée print rivals traditional silver-halide and gelatin printing processes and is commonly found in museums, art galleries as well as photographic galleries.

Numerous examples of giclée prints can be found in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Chelsea Galleries. Recent auctions of giclée prints have fetched $10,800. for Annie Leibovitz, $9600. for Chuck Close, and $22,800. for Wolfgang Tillmans (April 23 and 24 2004, Photographs, New York, Phillips de Pury & Company).

Print Display Life Expected:
Print longevity, however might be of some interest. Wilhelm Imaging Research has conducted tests on identical UltaChrome archival pigmented prints and predicts a display life, with average tungsten lighting and is not in direct sunlight, of over 100 years before noticeable fading and/or changes in color balance occur. Compare that to 29 years for an Ilfochrome, 15 years for an Ilfochrome under halogen lighting, 32 years for a dye transfer, or two and a half years for an ordinary color poster, book cover or note card. If you are interested in the details of this research please visit the Wilhelm Imaging Research web site.

Shipping Time for Prints:
Unless Buck is out of his studio, prints usually ship within 2 to 3 weeks.

Satisfaction and Return Policy:
Buck offers a 30 day return policy of "no questions asked," however no one has ever yet returned a print. We are confident that you'll be pleased with the display quality of the final print so please don't make these judgments based on the image quality you see displayed on your monitor from this web site. Buck can control what your print looks like, however he can't control the various technologies involved in displaying it on your own monitor. In essence, he will never offer for purchase anything that he, himself, would not hang on his own walls.

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