Choosing a paper is choosing how light behaves.

Why every work is tested on three surfaces before it is offered as a print, and what changes between them.

Hanna Vogt Editor, Luminium · 29 July 2026 · 4 min read

Paper is not neutral. A cold-press cotton rag absorbs ink differently than a satin photo paper, and the same file can look muted on one and lurid on the other.

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