Image:
Limited edition fine art photo of four models in bikinis, taken in Milan in 1996.
From Antonio:
"Very fun day, but to photograph them all together was not that easy."
About the Artist:
Antonio has been a leading fashion and commercial photographer for over 40 years. He's been a contributing photographer to Vanity Fair and has shot and directed advertising campaigns for Prada, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld. He has an impressive list of subjects for his portraits, including Cindy Crawford, Elle Macpherson, Tyra Banks, Iman, Carol Alt, Sarah Jessica Parker, Richard Gere, Dizzy Gillespie, Giorgio Armani, Asia Argento, Roberto Cavalli, Dolce and Gabbana, Umberto Eco, Federico Fellini, Yasmin Le Bon and Gianni Versace.
Antonio has published numerous books, including Faces of New York (1992), Antonio Guccione: Fashion and Faces (2006) and Antonio Guccione: From Jesus to Yves Saint Laurent (2014). His photos have been exhibited in many of the largest museums and art galleries in the world. He's also been a professor at the New Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. You can read more about Antonio .
CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS - Click to read more about the various options and to see additional examples of each style and option.
1) Size
Standard Sizes: Choose from our range of standard sizes. To help select the right size, you can see the various sizes in a room above a standard couch , and details on the widths of the photo, border, linen liner and frames by photo size can be found .
Horizontal or Vertical Orientations: Antonio's images are only available in the orientation originally shot, horizontal or vertical.
Custom Sizes: If you need a custom size (or even a custom crop) to fit your space, please feel free to reach out to us at or by using . We'd be happy to create a custom size for you to fit your space exactly.
2) Color
Color or Black & White: This image was shot on black and white film, and as such only the black and white version is available.
3) Photo Style - Photographic Print, Acrylic Facemount or Matte Photograph:
Photographic print - Our photographic prints are museum quality, custom-printed photographs, printed on an archival paper with a traditional barium sulfate (baryta) base which gives the papers the look and feel of a traditional fiber based print from the darkroom. The baryta base enhances the photo's surface, producing creamy whites and velvety blacks that form part of the unique look and feel of a traditional fiber based print. The papers produce high definition images with an extended tonal range. We use a few different baryta papers (including Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Baryta, Ilford Gold Fibre Silk, or Ilford Gold Fibre Gloss) which have been rated to be archival for 200+ years according to Wilhelm Research.
Matte Photograph - This is an archival pigment matte photographic print directly on a rigid backing such as DiBond. It has a backmount and floats off the wall like our acrylic facemounts (but without the acrylic). It is our most low glare option, perfect for rooms with lots of windows and glare. To make a matte print, instead of printing on a sheet of photographic paper, we use a new technology to print directly on the backing itself, using pigment-based photographic inks which are micro-encapsulated to block UV rays and prevent fading (estimated to be archival for 120-150 years).
Because there is no glass or acrylic on top of the photo, there is virtually no glare at all. The flip side of this is that the image surface is not protected by acrylic against potential damage (e.g. kids throwing balls in the house, food fights, etc), so please bear this in mind if choosing this option. It is a great option for window-filled rooms with the potential for glare, but perhaps not the best option in a house filled with rambunctious young children....
Framed - Our photographic prints, acrylic facemounts and matte aluminum prints can come framed or unframed. All of our frames are custom handcrafted, and we offer a range of framing options.
Our standard frames are available in white, black or natural wood and come in a range of widths, up to 2.75 inches. Click for more detail on the available widths for each size photo.
come in a range of widths, up to 4 inches. Click for more detail on the available widths for each size photo.
for more detail on the width of the linen liner by size. Please bear in mind that, depending on the size of your photo, adding the linen liner will add between 1.5 to 6" to the height and width of your photo.
If you select no linen liner, the photo will extend all the way to the frame (with no white border) in the case of a framed acrylic facemount or matte aluminum photo. In the case of a framed standard photographic print, there will be a white border around the photo which varies by the size of the photo - click for more detail on this width, by photo size.
6) Acrylic
Even our standard acrylic isn't really "standard". Instead, we use a high-end acrylic which is 95% UV blocking for acrylic facemounts, and 99% UV blocking for photographic prints.
We also offer a premium acrylic as an optional upgrade. This premium acrylic is low-glare, scratch-resistant and anti-static to repel dust. This is a good choice for bright rooms with lots of windows or glare, as well as heavily trafficked spaces and commercial installations.
Edition sizes:
Large (40x47 and larger): Edition of 50
Medium (24x28): Edition of 100
Small (8.5x11 and 13x19): Open edition
Museum Quality Comes Standard:
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Custom printed: Every one of our photos is custom hand printed by a master printer with over 30 years of printing experience, on either the luminous paper with Iridium for our acrylic facemounts, or a museum quality thick 310gsm baryta paper for our traditional photographic prints.
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Handcrafted framing: All of our frames are custom handcrafted, using premium hardwood frames. Our top-end premium Roma frames are handfinished in Italy and are among the highest quality frames available in the world today.
- Museum quality, even on the back: For our facemounts, we go to the extreme step of using an expensive hardwood frame as the back floatmount (rather than a cheap metal frame or cheap composite wood as many galleries use), as our hardwood frames resist bending or bowing over the years with seasonal changes in temperature and humidity. If we put this much care into the back of the photo that no one will ever see, you can rest assured we put even more love into the image itself.
Custom Sizes:
Most images are available as either horizontal or vertical versions to fit your wall. They can also be cropped to custom sizes to fit your space precisely. Depending on the resolution of the source image, larger image sizes may be available as well. Additional custom frames can also be ordered. For information about custom orders, you can fill out the form , or call 310-853-3564 or email . Thank you.
About Pacific Coast Gallery:
Back in 1998, we first had the idea to start a new type of art gallery, based around three principles. The first is an obsession with quality. We offer some of the highest-resolution photos ever captured, some over 3000 megapixels, which can be printed over 100 feet wide tack sharp. And we're equally fanatical about printing. Each photo is individually custom printed and hand framed using the best technology and materials available today.
Second, we wanted to give our collectors more choice and control than you have ever had before when it comes to the final display of the artwork. That's why we let you choose either the color or black & white version, the standard or muted version, the media, the choice of framed or unframed, the size, the horizontal or vertical version, and in fact we’ll even custom crop and print a custom size for you to exactly fit your space.
Third, we wanted to make museum quality, limited edition art accessible to anyone. We built Pacific Coast Gallery to serve a broad middle area in the art and photography market that we felt wasn't being well served - between the expensive high-end art galleries on one end, and low-quality mass produced prints on the other end. That's why we offer limited-edition, collectible, museum quality, original handprinted photos from a range of artists and some of the world's most famous photographers, at prices accessible to anyone, starting at $89.
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