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Innova’s FibPrint® Ultra Smooth Gloss – one of our most popular FibaPrint® papers is to be used for the printing of 25 images to be auctioned for charity in Sweden. The images will be printed by Innova’s Swedish country partner, Exponera. The following is a translation of the website and promotional material for the project: “In conjunction with Masesgården, photographers Annika Persson and Sofia Zimmer of  “Precious People photoart” have started a project to build a pre-school in Jimba, Kenya. Famous Swedes – i.e. Henke Larsson, Peter Forsberg, Helene Sjöholm, Sara Sommerfeld and many more – have agreed to donate a portrait for the auction. A total of 25 portraits will be shot by Precious People and printed in black & white by Exponera Fotogalleri on INNOVA FibaPrint® Ultrasmooth gloss 285gsm. Throughout October the portraits will be exhibited at “Bern Salonger” in Stockholm and after that the portraits will be at auction at “Underbara Barn” in Älvsjö. A sum of just 10,000 SEK (= approx. 1000 EURO) will provide 10 Kenyan children the opportunity to go to school. All the money raised during the project and auction will go to the build of the school. Are you interested in the project? Or do you want to make a bid on one of the portraits Have a look at www.preciouspeople.se (project Kenya)!

Innova Art will be exhibiting at Photokina, Cologne from 23rd - 28th September 2008. Come and visit us on stand E-010 in Hall 10.1, to see leading photographers work who are printing on award winning Innova papers with the latest inkjet printer technology. See our newest FibaPrint® papers on show - Super-glazed and semi-glazed 285gsm, and the new range of Innova fine art & photo canvases.

Fotografar ’08 - Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 1-3 Fotogarfar is sponsored by Revista FHOX (FHOX Magazine), the leading publication in Brazil for professional photographers. This show is held annually and attracts in excess of 30,000 attendees. Innova was present as part of the EFC stand showing an assortment of fine photo and fine art papers printing on a range of Epson machines. The digital fine art market in Brazil is in the formative phase and Innova/EFC are leading the way by showing a complete range of digital media for the professional photographer. The attendees were most interested in our Smooth Cotton High White 315g/m2 for use in wedding and portrait work. EFC was honored with the the “Distributor of the Year” award. Concurrent with Fotografar, Innova sponsored an exhibit by Christiano Mascaro entitled Todos os Olhares (All the Looks). This exhibit featured 50 prints large format on our Smooth Cotton High White showing various scenes of Sao Paulo. The images were printed by master print maker Millard Shisler using Epson equipment.

Innova Art exhibited for the first time at the annual Focus on Imaging show at the NEC from 24th-27th February, to a great response and a stand that was packed out every day! The attendance to the show was excellent, and the stunning panoramic prints from David Osborn printed on the FibaPrint range of papers attracted photographers from amateurs to professionals and printmakers. Lynimage are a professional print company offering a high quality service onto a wide range of the Innova media. They ran a competition at the show to win a Photographic Demonstration Case - designed to help photographers demonstrate their work to clients , it includes 5 mounted prints and a A3 stretched box canvas that you can use as selling tools all presented in a bespoke aluminium carry case. David Pain, Innova Art's operations Manager drew the winning card for Lynimage. www.lynimage.com

Innova Art exhibited at the SWPP Convention on stand No. 153-154 at the Novotel Hotel, Hammersmith, London from 18th-20th Jan 2008. The show was a great success for Innova and there was huge interest in all the papers especially our New highly acclaimed Photo Canvas Ultra Glossy 380gsm! There is also a Photo Canvas Matte and Fine Art Canvas Matte which are new to our range.

Innova Art will be exhibiting at the SWPP Convention on stand No. 153-154 at the Novotel Hotel, Hammersmith, London from 18th-20th Jan 2008. Come and visit our stand for sample packs of our award winning Digital Fine Art and Photography papers and see our New highly acclaimed Photo Canvas Ultra Glossy 380gsm! There is also a Photo Canvas Matte and Fine Art Canvas Matte which are new to our range. Be among the first to see the preview of our New FibaPrint "Super-glazed" papers too. Wayne Connelly, president of Innova USA will be speaking on Sunday 20th at 12pm in the Beaujolais room. There is a growing interest in Digital 'baryta' type papers and Wayne will be talking about this and recent trends in Fine Art giclee printing. Click on the link below to see details about the talk: www.swpp.co.uk

Harris Fogel's exhibition on FibaPrint Ultra Smooth Gloss at the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, ran from 19 November 2007. Fogel has been a leading advocate of new technology for more than 25 years. As the host and executive producer of Mac Edition Radio, he has been reporting on the latest advances in IT, digital imaging software and hardware beginning with the Apple //c in 1984. Fogel is also one of the USA’s most eminent contemporary photographers and photographic educators. He is the former Chairman of the Media Arts Department (Photography, Film, Animation & Digital Video) and an Associate Professor of Photography at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. His work is widely exhibited and is held in numerous and highly prestigious public and private collections. “I have been photographing in color with an 8x10-inch view camera for the past 20 years, and I was always frustrated trying to print the extraordinary range of detail, tone, and texture that such large format images can posses,” said Fogel. “The new Innova fiber-based digital papers such as the new FibaPrint Ultra Smooth Gloss have the look and feel of the papers I grew to love in the darkroom, and with the latest in printing technology, they offer the ability to hold even the subtlest details in the image, and the reproduction of colors and tones are unmatched. The surface is gorgeous and wonderful to print on, and the paper has the feel of air-dried fiber prints from the darkroom. I’ve never seen my images look so good!” http://poland.usembassy.gov/poland/current_amexperts/harris-fogel.html

Smart Art, the company behind new website Novelistart.com have launched 20 limited edition prints of portraits of characters in John Steinbeck novels. The delicate and impressive paintings of Kenny McKendry have been reproduced on Innova Soft White Cotton 280gsm with the latest Inkjet printers from HP and Canon.  Originally commissioned for a series of book covers these limited editions will be a must for Steinbeck fans. Smart Art specialize in limited edition prints, Book cover art reproduction and supply of Fine Art papers. The Story behind the project During the early  90's Kenny McKendry was commissioned to illustrate 13 images for a series of Steinbeck Novels being re-released in the UK at that time. In March 2005 whilst recovering from a life saving operation, Kenny started to read other Steinbeck novels and was inspired to recreate the main characters. These 7 images together with the 13 original, form the set of 20 now on release as limited edition prints. www.novelistart.com

We are exhibiting at PHOTO EXPO, booth No. 1920 from 18th – 20th October 2007 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Centre, New York. On display will be our worldwide acclaimed range of ‘Digital’ Baryta papers – FibaPrint, and some previews of new products to be launched soon. These include 3 new canvases and New FibaPrint Super-Glazed paper. You can also see our OPUS albums and range of Fine Art and Book Art papers. We will be showcasing the photographic work of Douglas Menuez and David Osborn, who show the new generation of ‘Fine Photography’ at its best.

New Light Editions, a provider of signed, limited edition fine art photography, has selected Innova Digital Art’s FibaPrint paper for producing the prints for Douglas Menuez’ box set “Transcendent Spirit: Orphans of Uganda.” The prints, a selection of images from his book by the same name, depict a group of orphans in Uganda, a country wracked by AIDS, war and poverty. A number of the children comprise the dance troop named “Spirit of Uganda,” that tours the world raising money for their fellow orphans and creating awareness of their plight. “Initially I was sceptical that a digital print process could meet the standard of quality I required for these images,” said Menuez. “I felt a deep responsibility to capture the essential experience of the children’s lives. As always, taking the photograph is half the work. To fully express the images, I knew the final prints would need to surpass the standard technical limits of tone and colour and deliver a breakthrough in quality. I'm very proud to present these exquisite prints from New Light Editions which I'm pleased to say exceeded all my expectations. The Innova paper produces images of unsurpassed quality, not just for digital prints but also for any printing method. And its archival properties match those of virtually any other photographic medium. Menuez’ work and the book were underwritten by Macy’s West and featured at Macy’s Passport XXV event, an annual fundraiser founded by Dame Elizabeth Taylor to support the fight against HIV/AIDS. The event is now in its 25th year and has raised over $25 million to date. Innova, New Light Editions and Canon have also provided generous support. In addition to donating several box sets and individual prints to help [...]