Bruce Shortz on Allure and the Fletcher FSC Cutter
Hello – My name is Bruce Shortz, I’m the principal behind the Albuquerque, New Mexico based, 10000 Cranes Studio.
My primary business is printing for photographers and artists (also shooting original artwork for digital output).
Bruce’s studio located in Albuquerque, NM
I’ve been doing this for 15+ years. My studio has two 44” printers, one a Canon IPF 8300 the other an Epson 9900.
I shoot artwork with a Mamiya AFD III with a Leaf digital back. I’m also a “fine art” photographer – engaged for 45+ years in that endeavor.
WHY I CHOSE TO PRINT ON METAL
“Mime” – by Bruce Shortz
For the past year I’ve had a precipitous decline in printing (on paper) for photographers.
My observations visiting photography galleries, attending art exhibits and art fairs, plus talking to clients and other photographers, is that photographers all seem to think that unless a photograph is printed on metal – it doesn’t count.
Preposterous of course, but let’s not let reality get in the way.
Being in the Southwest means that a lot of shooters here seem to think that the only things worth photographing are cactus and lizards. A lizard on a cactus is a fine thing. Printed on metal it’s even finer. I shoot neither…
