Black & white photograph of a group of 3 arranged flowering daisies printed by hand.
Three daisies #1 – A group of 3 flowering daisies, printed by hand.

Print Details:

  • Print style: black and white silver gelatin
  • Paper type: warmtone fibre base
  • Paper finish: gloss
  • Print image size: 7″x 7″ (17.8cm x 17.8cm)
  • Mount window size: 7.5″ x 7.5″ (19cm x 19cm)
  • Overall mount size: 12″ x 10″ (30.5cm x 25.4cm)

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This print gives us a wry smile these days. The wry smile has actually only come about since the print has arrived ‘online’. We ought to explain, s’pose.

When doing a google search this print doesn’t appear in the listings. Odd, because our other images do. Look under the hood of the search, so to speak, and take off “safe search”. Lo and behold – there is the image! On a “moderate” setting, the image appears in search. Our friend google thinks this is a rude picture!! Well, the search algorithm reads it as a tad naughty.

This gives us the wry smile. Not because it doesn’t appear but because the great “algorithm in the sky” totally misreads the image! In a way, we can see how it might be similar to certain photos of young ladies but really, does it think this should be on Page 3? (UK newspaper reference, for those abroad.) It’s actually not just a googley thing either. All search engines that we have tried treat it in the same way!

Apart from our wry smile about this, there is a slightly less trivial aspect. More and more of our lives are being either judged or influenced by the use of an algorithm. If google (and others), who arguably have very sophisticated algorithms at work, can misjudge this image – is there any hope for the widespread use of algorithms.

Car insurance quotes might be ok to be a bit sketchy. What about misjudgements by the looming health diagnosis by computer? Maybe prudent to keep one eye open when algorithms are the literal driving force of an autonomous vehicle!

That is the cause of our wry smile about this print. What doesn’t come across too well on the screen though, is the fact that the stems of all the flowers can just be made out on actual print. Deliberately close to being black and blending in with the background but they are there and can be seen, however faintly. In the translation onto screen, they do get lost in the background. It is a pity as they are a wonderfully quiet feature of the image. Additionally, this print is one of the few we have here where the subjects touch the edge of the picture. Not just touch either but extend beyond the visible image. An interesting treatment that, for certain subjects, we quite like.

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Each print is from our own film negative and will be hand printed by us, The Printer, in our photographic darkroom. We only use quality silver gelatin fibre based paper for any prints.