We work from Minneapolis, Minnesota with clients from all over the world.  Often it’s easier for Artists to work with us remotely.  You send us digital files of your artwork, and we send back proofs to wherever you are going to be. And, we do as many proofing sessions as necessary to get the images done right.  Rather than relying on print houses that do not understand the needs and particular nature of the visual artist and or photographer, you work with other Artists who understand the high quality you demand as an Artist.

We specialize in scanning, digital imaging, and archival pigment printing for exhibitions, editions, and portfolios.  Within The Lab is a sister company called Workprint Studios that is a digital workstation/printing facility available for rent to artists and photographers who want to make their own prints.

I remember a visit to the Toledo Museum of Art Print Room, where I saw a portfolio called “Big Shots” by Garry Winogrand.  The portfolio was oversized and the pictures were his images of famous people and political figures.  I thought it was a nice reverse use of that title for this show.  When applied to this show it is again a play on words.  “Big Shots” referring not only to the photography and large-scale photographic prints, but in reference to the notoriety of many of the artists in the show as well.

None of the images were selected due to the form or content of any of the other artist’s images.  Even though there was not a conscious curatorial process, the themes and relationships that emerged between some of the images is quite stunning.  This was a very fun show to hang because of the considerations we made in arranging them in our new space.  “Big Shots” is a testament to the Minneapolis photography scene and art community in general.  It’s also The Lab showcasing our skills and passion for excellence, not to mention our profound respect for each of the artists and their work.

- Eclecticoiffeur –  The Lab has finished printing fine portfolios for  these lovely women.

- We are doing a lot of work on an entirely new body of work for Angela Strassheim.  One of these new images can be seen in the Big Shots blog entry.  This new stuff is some of my favorite work of hers to date.  These images are not going to be easy for some people once they understand how they are made.  I am not going to elaborate on this.  You will just have to wait for her next show at Marvelli Gallery tentatively slated for sometime in the Fall.

- We drum scanned another large batch of 8×10 negatives from Alec Soth’s famous “Sleeping by the Mississippi” body of work.  In case you did not know, all of the edition prints were only optical prints.  I guess most of them are not available because they are either in private collections or museums so if Alec needs to exhibit one he has me drum scan it.  It’s so hard to get a really good and large c print these days.  Well at least in Minneapolis it’s impossible.

- 20×200 – We have been working on Jen Bekman’s fabulous “20×200” for a while now, printing approximately 80 to 90% of these editions since the early days of the project.  I took over the printing in November 2007, when I was still in the old studio and teaching at MCAD.  I learned about “20×200” from one of my favorite people, Mickey Smith, whose work we had been printing for a while by then, and she insisted to Jen that I print her edition for the project. So we did Word Study for Mickey and I printed just about everything for the entire “20×200” enterprise.  The academy project is evolving and often artists do their own prints, but we are still doing most of them at this point.

- The Artist of the Month Club – Thanks again to Mickey Smith I was able to team up with Invisible Exports for their fantastic Artist of the Month Club.  We are not only the printer but also a member. We have printed William Powhida and Zoe Crosher’s work so far (numbers 1,2 and 6—and will be doing number 7 in the near future).  This project had some interesting different prints in it including letterpress, lambda or digital c-print, and a really cool ink jet printed on a mirror.

- Schneider Romero Gallery – for the galleries trip to Miami Basil last year we created these wonderfully sardonic postcards for them.  They were an edition of 100 and some of the coolest postcards I have ever seen.