ABSTRACT
Like paper surface, the size of a photographic print does not usually have to be determined before the image is captured. As with the surfaces at International Exhibition of Pictorial Photography (IEPP), the range and variety of print sizes similarly served to distinguish individual works, emphasizing the pliability of the medium and the inherent control available to an artist-one work created by one maker. It was not simply a case of making a bigger print, which implies an effortlessness that is perhaps taken for granted when photographic size differences are considered now. Despite the technological advancements that made enlargements easier to create, contact printing was still a popular method for making a print, as it required only the negative and a sheet of printing paper. The role played by print size at the IEPP becomes even more evident when the authors consider the exhibition's key objective to demonstrate photography's development as an art form..
