Stamp for Back of Mounted/Unmounted Photos

[neil_poulsen1]

I want to have a stamp made so that I can sign and include information on the reverse of a mounted, or perhaps an unmounted photograph. I was thinking of including the following information:

 

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o Title of photograph, if appropriate.

 

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o Where taken.

 

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o When taken and when printed.

 

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o My name, and a place for my signature.

 

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o Copyright info? (Not sure what this would be.)

 

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o Medium? (e.g. Silver.)

 

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What other information might I include? Do people generally use stamps of this sort on unmounted photographs? Is it advisable to use a special ink, so as not to affect the lifespan of the photo? If so, what?

 

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Are such stamps used on unmounted photographs?

 

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Input would be appreciated. It seems like kind of a simple query, but I had these basic questions that I wanted to address before going to the trouble and expense of having a stamp made, and then find out that I missed including some probably obvious detail.

 

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Thanks.

[john_hennessy]

For last few years, I have printed a label which includes my name,

City and State (but not my whole address), title, medium, (gelatin

silver, inkjet, silver dye bleach, etc. using the real terms for its

type not what you sometimes see like "B&W photo" which tells the buyer

nothing)

[john_hennessy]

[accidently clicked submit too soon; here is my whole post]

 

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For last few years, I have printed a label which includes my name,

City and State (but not my whole address), title, medium, (gelatin

silver, inkjet, silver dye bleach, etc. using the real terms for its

type not what you sometimes see like "B&W photo" which tells the buyer

nothing), the negative number and date, the print number (sometimes,)

and print date. Plus "Copyright © 2001 All Rights Reserved" All this

comes out of my photo database and is easy to print.

 

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I only put such labels on mounted prints, never this or anything on

the back of the print itself. I sign on the front, either the border

of the print in ink or the mount board in pencil. I am not sure such

labels (Avery) are as archival as, say, a gelatin silver print. But if

the print is not dry mounted (only corner mounted) or is a silver dye

bleach anyway, I have no qualms about it.

[jnorman2]

i use two stamps on the verso of my prints. one says "photograph by

james norman" and the other is the stamp for either HABS or HAER, as

appropriate. i use a special archival ink supplied to me by the LOC,

which is used with a balsa wood ink pad, and it is applied very

lightly to the print. accession numbers are handwritten on the print

verso in pencil. though this is fairly specialized, it does give you

an idea that the type of ink and how it is applied is important to

the archival quality of the print. obviously, no type of stick on

label is appropriate, keep the stamp itself to the minimal (artist

name, location, not much else, since too many things change too

quickly), and any kind of information specific to the print can be

added in pencil. another approach is to have an embosser made with

your name/info and emboss each print in the margin - i have seen this

used my a number of pros and fine artists.