Platinum Prints

All images from Rafael Rojas are available as Limited Edition Platinum-Palladium prints in different sizes up to 76 x 112 cm.
All prints are made by hand by Rafael Rojas in his own darkroom and come signed and numbered by the artist.
They are available matted and framed.

About Platinum Prints

Platinum prints are highly sought after by collectors because of their tonal range, surface quality, three-dimensional presence, and extraordinary archival permanence.

A platinum print provides the largest and most beautiful tonal range of any printing method in black-and-white photography, displaying a fabulous three-dimensional presence, a smooth gradation of tones, and delicate highlight and shadow detail. No other photographic process can render tones in such a delicate and subtle way. Where silver prints display blocked shadows and featureless highlights, platinum unveils subtle and soft shades of tone and detail, ranging from warm charcoal blacks to expanded mid-tones and brilliant silvery highlights. The resulting prints seem alive and three-dimensional.

Platinum prints are not only enjoyed visually. Their tactile quality, attributed to the nature of the remarkable handmade cotton rag papers these prints are crafted with, adds to the overall experience.

Platinum printing is a handmade process, delicate and challenging. The printer's highest skill, knowledge,, and sensibility are needed to create a genuine master print.

We can find another distinctive characteristic of platinum prints in their uniqueness due to the thoroughly handmade nature of the whole process. No two platinum prints will ever be completely the same, and each of them will stand as a unique object of art. In this way, platinum prints stand apart from the world of mass-produced photographs in silver or digital output.

Platinum prints are also the most durable of all photographic processes and one of the most permanent art objects in which someone can invest. Platinum metal is the most stable element in the world. More stable even than gold, and it is estimated that a platinum photographic print, properly made, can last as long as the paper it is printed on exists, which in practice can mean up to several thousand years. This makes platinum prints one of the most permanent artworks available and the only genuinely archival photographic process.