Masked Edginess
Photograph by Peter Eastway. Tripdytch. Print Size: 90x112 cm. Edition of 5.

As part of the exhibition process for No Place | No Time, held in Castello Ceconi in Italy, I wrote a series of notes to accompany the Artist Statement and thought they would make an interesting series of newsletter posts.  The accompanying print is a quick iPhone photo of the print on the wall at Castello Ceconi Art Gallery in Italy. 

Why did you choose Canson paper for the exhibition?

Photography's fundamental characteristics have been changed or lost with the advent of social media and portable devices. Most important for me is the enjoyment and appreciation of photography as an object of art. A photograph can be so much more than a fleeting collection of pixels on a shiny little screen - it can be a print.

And a print can have size and there is nothing more impressive than a large photograph printed on thick, luxurious media with rich pigment ink where you can see the texture in the paper, the signature in the corner and the three-dimensionality of the surrounding frame. In this format, photography regains its original character and projects its true strengths.

A photograph isn't just an image file, it's a physical print which adds size, texture and presence into the equation - and it's another means to further refine the artist's expression.

Years ago I experimented with dozens of different paper types and brands. I learnt two things. First, I feel my photographs really sing on a flat matte surface where the strong hues of my files are rendered as elegant, tertiary colour values. And second, I just loved Canson Infinity's range of papers. Sure, they have a long legacy, sensational archival qualities and made in paper mills that employ real people, but it's the surface and the way the paper holds the ink that make Canson my choice.

In fact, I love Canson's papers (they call it media) so much that today I'm a proud Canson ambassador. Paper choice is personal and there a lot of great papers available, so if you're looking for a paper to fall in love with, at least sample the Canson range and maybe you'll discover what Tony and I did many years ago.

The No Place | No Time exhibition by Peter Eastway and Tony Hewitt opened 4 July 2026 and will remain open at Castello Ceconi in Italy until 31 October 2026. While there is access to the castle grounds at any time, to see the exhibition inside please check the times or make an appointment. You can see more on the Graphistudio website or here: https://graphistudio.myshopify.com/pages/no-place-no-time-exibition-opening