Photographer David duChemin and APC announce free giceé canvas print offer

July 3, 2010 - PRLog -- World and humanitarian photographer and best-selling author David duChemin has joined with his canvas print lab, Artistic Photo Canvas, to announce a promotion wherein APC customers can receive a free, gallery wrapped canvas gicleé of a selected image from duChemin's personal Venice, Italy portfolio.

David duChemin is an assignment photographer based in Vancouver, Canada.  He has shot for non-profit and commercial clients on five continents around the world. His portfolio of compelling and moving photographs – and his advice on discovering and refining one's own vision in the pursuit of great images – are the subjects of the best-selling books, "Within The Frame – The Journey of Photographic Vision" and "VisionMongers – Making a Life and a Living in Photography."

Photographers of duChemin’s calibre and notoriety rarely give away prints of their work. But an exploration of David duChemin’s photography and writings reveal a personal vision that explain what led to his idea for the free canvas print offer he recently announced on his blog...

Says duChemin, “Photography is an aesthetic art. For me, it's a means of getting out what’s inside and saying ‘Did you see that?’ My photographs are an expression of my vision and my passion and I take great care to create the photographs I do. For years, those images have primarily found their home online, in small print publications, and the occasional print. Increasingly I've longed to return to my darkroom days – days when my final output was a print, something large that I could touch, look at from every angle, and eventually give away because at it's heart I think all art is a gift.”

For the promotion, David selected a stunning photo from his collection of personal work, shot recently in Venice, Italy. The image has been masterfully reproduced as a gallery wrap by the same print lab he uses exclusively for his own canvas prints, Artistic Photo Canvas.

“APC’s quality, craftsmanship and service reflect the same standards I aim for in my own work. They translate my work into gorgeously rendered canvases that are colour-accurate and maintain the detail, textures, and nuances that I took such great pains to create in the first place. Their commitment to personal service and quality, and to creating canvases with a smaller environmental footprint, meshes with my vision for my photographs and my life.”

Complete details of the free canvas print offer are available at David duChemin’s blog: http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2010/06/canvas-winner-...

Founded in 2005, Artistic Photo Canvas is an online digital photo lab specializing in the reproduction of photos and fine art on canvas. APC is the only major online lab that has exclusively printed on eco-friendly, optical brightener additive-free and fluorescent whitening agent-free inkjet canvas approved by the Fine Art Trade Guild. Unlike "art decor" canvas prints created by most labs, APC prints adhere to rigorous "gicleé standards and are rated to be fade resistant for in excess of 150 years according to data from Wilhelm Imaging Research, a leading authority in print longetivity. The Artistic Photo Canvas website is located at http://artisticphotocanvas.com.

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About APC | Artistic Photo Canvas:

Founded in 2005, Artistic Photo Canvas is an online digital photo lab specializing in the reproduction of photos on canvas and fine art on canvas.

APC is the only major online lab that has exclusively printed on eco-friendly, optical brightener additive-free and fluorescent whitening agent-free inkjet canvas approved by the Fine Art Trade Guild. Unlike "art decor" canvas prints created by a majority of photo labs, APC prints adhere to rigorous "gicleé standards and are rated to be fade resistant for in excess of 150 years according to data from Wilhelm Imaging Research, a leading authority in print longetivity.

Artistic Photo Canvas produces canvas prints in three popular formats: gallery wraps, stretched canvases, and unstretched canvases. Expert image retouching is offered at no additional charge. APC's wood stretcher frames are milled in-house.

The Artistic Photo Canvas website is located at http://artisticphotocanvas.com.