Turning a work of art into a photographic image is an act of translation. An artist’s original creation – large or small, flat or three-dimensional – will often contain a range of tones, colors, and textures beyond that which can be captured by a camera’s sensor, a monitor’s screen, or a printer’s inks.  The challenge is to create a photographic version of the work that honors the original and that conveys its essential qualities.

More than forty-five years of experience in creating and photographing artwork is brought to each job.  The process and goals are discussed; careful attention is paid to the needs of each individual artist and their work.

Stephen Petegorsky Photography has worked for hundreds of artists, museums, galleries, collectors, dealers, publishers, and filmmakers.  His work has been reproduced in books, catalogues, posters, postcards, brochures, films and websites around the world.

Services include the creation of reproduction-quality digital files by direct capture, using a state-of-the-art Hasselblad X2D camera, capable of producing files that measure 29 x 39” at 300 pixels per inch.  If necessary, even larger files can be created by photographing works in sections and then combining those sections into a seamless whole.

Works of art as well as exhibits and installations can be photographed in the studio or on location.  No collection is too large or too small.  In conjunction with Jim Gipe of Pivot Media, large-scale digitizing projects have been done for such institutions as the Smith College Museum of Art, the Williams College Museum of Art, the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, the Tang Teaching Museum, the Hood Museum at Dartmouth College, and the Portland Museum of Art.

Custom inkjet printing using high-quality pigments and paper for archival permanence is also offered, as is consultation on all aspects of digital imaging.

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