Priscilla Turner
Nationality: UK
Currently Living: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Member Since: 5/17/2007
PRISCILLA TURNER is a biblical philologist by trade. She has been reading ancient languages, starting with Latin, since 1948. Photography has often served as light (!) relief. She learnt to view, focus, compose and expose on her architect grandfather’s 8x10 plate camera with bellows and a rising front, and for years saw and photographed in B&W only.
She loves scenes with old or graceful buildings. Her UNTOUCHED image of aboriginal forest, with nothing man-made in it, is an exception.
In 1960, when she brought home her first colour slides in 35mm format, her father said that one would "never get anything worthwhile off those ridiculous little frames", and that "It's not really photography, of course, those pretty colours". No colour emulsion at that stage would resolve anything like what a good 35mm lens would put on it. Little did Daddy know how emulsions would nowadays reach equilibrium with lenses, or that modern scanning would enable us to make big prints even from faded, grainy 35mm Agfachromes nearly 50 years old. The resolution in her old originals is not high, but the conception was often good, even 'painterly'. She has tended to photograph what she would paint if she were a painter. She thinks of her scenic shots as a way to remind herself of what it felt like to stand in places where she will never stand again. They may perhaps enable others to feel that they can just walk through the frame into these same places.
One or two B&W images in these galleries started life as coloured, and are offered in both forms. Not all are suitable for conversion that way. Any may be made available in B&W if you request it. But bear in mind that B&W is a different way of seeing.
This IMAGEKIND fine art site is a place where a fine giclée print of any available image, photography or painting, on paper or canvas, may be ordered at up to poster size, framed and matted in many different combos ready to go, or just by itself. Epson UltraSmooth Fine Art costs more, but is very thick and super-archival. For images printed 24x36 or larger, Canvas Museum Wrap will work well.
Somewhere on this site an Imagekind artist is ready and willing to supply all your needs for art, whether for your home, your office or as gifts for your friends and relatives. (Very many images may also be ordered in Greeting Card form. This is a good way of seeing an image printed without spending a lot of money.)
Whoever does your matting and framing, the materials including the backing should be at least of conservation grade, preferably of 100% rag i.e. cotton.
Hang your print well away from moisture, fumes, heat-sources and UV-rich light, e.g. the sun, strong spotlights and fluorescents. The glazing should be anti-UV, to maximize the life of the print. Acrylic plexiglass as offered here on Imagekind which is not explicitly anti-UV screens out 80%. This is more UV protection than plain glass affords. Anti-UV plexi screens out 99%. You should be aware that non-glare glass or plexi increase visibility but reduce contrast.
