RHS Chelsea garden based around Canon printed images achieves a first in design
A first in garden design awaited visitors to this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show with the integration of stunning, large format printed images to create a unique urban garden at the show. The images, the work of contemporary landscape photographer, David Anthony Hall, were incorporated into the external landscape - Thompsons Plein Air Gallery Garden - created by Thompson’s Galleries to showcase Hall’s work and to demonstrate the harmonious link between art and the creative outdoor space. Measuring up to 3m x 1.5m, the
panoramic images were produced on a Canon imagePROGRAF iPF9100 large format printer by Canon UK’s distributor, Surrey- based Velmex Distribution. Printed on 260gsm photo gloss paper and then face mounted on to Perspex to be wall hung for the display at Chelsea, the images, according to gallery owner, Sue Thompson, ‘shows how art can be an integral part of the structure of a garden.’ A Canon user from image capture to printed output, Hall shoots
Thompson’s Plein Air Gallery Garden by David Anthony Hall.
his images on a Cannon EOS-1Ds MarkIII and uses a panoramic technique to capture a multitude of shots that go into the one final image, which he later weaves together in his digital darkroom. The sheer scale of his work makes it ideal for wide format printing and, for Hall, the high-end Canon imagePROGRAF devices are the printers that showcase his images to best effect. Hall comments: “By integrating my images into the concept
garden, I was hoping to challenge convention and stimulate a debate around the placement of art outdoors. I also wanted to show how it can brighten up difficult outdoor spaces, including
courtyard gardens, by adding depth, colour and a focal point to these areas. The Canon imagePROGRAF iPF9100 has been the ideal device to print my images at the scale required to achieve the greatest impact. The print quality is superb and every detail is reproduced with exceptional precision. Canon’s colour reproduction is also spot on every time - the 12 colour Lucia pigment ink system gives me a huge colour gamut and the extra red, green and blue inks increase the outer spectrum, giving me something as close to a lab process as I think inkjet can produce.” Gill Mussell, LFP Product Manager, Canon UK, says: “The 60
inch wide Canon imagePROGRAF iPF9100 is the flagship of our fine art and photography large format printer range and has been designed to produce the finest results for such applications. We’re delighted that David Anthony Hall chose to have his work printed on the iPF9100 as the resulting prints are a wonderful endorsement of the productive capabilities of the device and a clear demonstration of just how good its print quality, accuracy and colour reproduction are.” At the end of the RHS
Chelsea Flower Show, David Anthony Hall said he would donate all the proceeds from the sale of Bluebells Woods, a focal work in the garden, to the Children’s Acute Transport Service (CATS), a London based ambulance service for critically ill children. For further information visit
Bluebells Woods by David Anthony Hall.
www.canon.co.uk ISSUE 130 JULY/AUGUST 2011 Sign Update 27
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