Now I'm glad I asked - insightful thinking on the full bleed print decision, and even more thought behind it than I expected.
Neat interview too. This bit jumped out at me:
The second reason is that for me, coming with an art and graphic background, it makes sense to me to have my work printed. I strongly believe in the mojo of ‘is not a photo until is printed’.
First, I have to say that having looked at your design portfolio/website in the past as well as your photography, the art background definitely shows through. I feel like your photography has not just great framing and timing, but also a clear vision and aesthetic. I guess the word for it is
intent. I feel my own work is still in the learning phase of finding good compositions of what I see or want to capture, but not necessarily having that vision & purpose.
Secondly, and we've talked about this on mu-43 before, but I totally hear you on the printing. It stuck with me when you mentioned having printed out a bunch of your work for curating, and watching people stand there looking at the wall of photos for several minutes, compared to whacking a 'Like' button online.
I'm actually planning to do some gallery-wrap canvas prints soon, and I've got a couple backlogged albums of personal stuff to print as well. Every time I do make the effort, I end up amazed all over again at how much more impact photos seem to have when they're tangible prints instead of digital quick-share images.
On that note, I decided to order a print copy of Øbservations N°1 and check it out in print!