Stefanie Schneider - Snow Silence I (Stranger than Paradise)

Snow Silence I (Stranger than Paradise) - 2004

58x57cm.
Proof before Printing.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid.
Signed on front.
Artist Inventory 647.
Not mounted.

This piece is almost abstract.

What exactly is a Proof before Printing?
The proofs are part of the printing process. They are usually the few last color trials before printing the edition. They are usually not perfectly color-corrected yet. Sometimes a proof might be close in color but we still have to re-print to bring everything together. Proofs are by definition imperfect and part of the natural evolution of a print. Sometimes there is no white border or a kink. A proof is a proof of one step on the way to making a print edition. They are by definition, imperfect. Wabi-Sabi.