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How Acrylic Face Mount Photo Prints Are Made

How Acrylic Face Mount Photo Prints Are Made

Video: Fine art photographer Keith Dotson goes behind-the-scenes at Chromatics in Nashville to see how beautiful acrylic face mount photo prints are made

I recently completed a project of providing five large 40 x 60-inch acrylic face mount photo prints for office decor to a corporate client in the Nashville area.

Video: Join fine art photographer Keith Dotson behind-the-scenes at Chromatics in Nashville to see how beautiful acrylic face mount photo prints are made

Acrylic face mount prints are beautiful objects. Much like the Ambrotypes of old, the photographs in acrylic prints seem to have more dimensionality than a standard paper print. As I said in the video, they really “pop.”

But even though I was familiar with acrylic prints, I had never had my own work printed and mounted to acrylic, until now. I hired the great folks at Chromatics Nashville to create the finished pieces for me, and they even agreed to let me go behind the scenes at Chromatics to watch and record how the process works.

As you’ll see in the video, it’s a time-consuming and complex process.

Many thanks to Chromatics Nashville for allowing me behind the scenes to watch and record the complex process of making acrylic prints! If you need quality prints, consider working with Chromatics. They are a Hahnemühle certified shop.

And, special thanks to Michael and Rich at Chromatics for letting me to learn from their expertise!

Michael, one of Chromatics' printing experts, operates the RIP software to send my set of five large black and white photographs to print on glossy paper. Later, the prints will be laminated with an optically clear adhesive layer and pressure-mounted to the back of a sheet of acrylic.
Michael, one of Chromatics’ printing experts, operates the RIP software to send my set of five large black and white photographs to print on glossy paper. Later, the prints will be laminated with an optically clear adhesive layer and pressure-mounted to the back of a sheet of acrylic.
Keith Dotson's black and white photograph of the Parthenon in Nashville, mounted to acrylic for a local client.
Keith Dotson’s black and white photograph of the Parthenon in Nashville, mounted to acrylic for a local client.

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