To buy a print or inquire about other images that may be available for sale, please read the following information and then contact us by email on the links provided. We offer payment options including credit card (through PayPal), bank check or personal check.
The low-resolution digital images shown on this Website can't hope to capture the tonal range or brilliance the images exhibit when their full potential is realized in a top quality professional print.
John's printer, James Syme, chooses from among the highest quality professional black-and-white photographic papers in making John's limited-edition prints. Each print is processed using archival standards, which includes selenium toning for longevity. Prints are archivally mounted on museum-quality acid-free four-ply matte board. Each print is titled, numbered, dated and signed by the photographer.
Current opinion about the longevity of professional color papers is constantly changing. John's printer, James Syme, keeps abreast of the latest developments and chooses the most appropriate paper for each image. Chromogenic color prints are archivally mounted on museum-quality acid-free four-ply matte board. Each print is titled, numbered, dated and signed by the photographer.
All prints are made by fine-art printer James Syme of Tucson, Arizona, and custom matted by Full Circle Frameworks in Jackson, Wyoming.
Prints are available in two paper sizes:
Please Note: At the Photographer's discretion, some images may not be available in a 16x20 edition. In rare cases, due to technical problems with the negative, an image may be available only in a giclée print edition. Please see the section on "Giclée Prints," below.
These collectors edition prints, both black-and-white and color, are available in limited editions of 30. Each paper size, 11x14 inches and 16x20 inches, constitutes a separate edition.
Guarantee If for any reason you are not satisfied with the finished print, you may return it undamaged, postpaid, for a complete refund of the purchase price.
PRICES
11"x14" paper, 16"x20" mounts
| Numbers | 1-5 | $500 US |
| Numbers | 6-10 | $650 US |
| Numbers | 11-15 | $850 US |
| Numbers | 16-20 | $1,100 US |
| Numbers | 21-25 | TBA * |
| Numbers | 26-30 | TBA * |
16"x20" paper, 22"x28" mounts
| Numbers | 1-5 | $750 US |
| Numbers | 6-10 | $950 US |
| Numbers | 11-15 | $1,200 US |
| Numbers | 16-20 | $1,500 US |
| Numbers | 21-25 | TBA * |
| Numbers | 26-30 | TBA * |
| *To Be Announced | ||
These limited editions of fiber prints were first made available in the summer of 2000. At the present time, most editions are at print numbers lower than six. When you place an order you will be informed of the print number currently available. Your order will be subject to your confirmation that this print number and price are acceptable to you. The escalating price scales reflect the fact that as more prints of a given image are sold, fewer remain available in the edition, making them rarer. At the same time, prints purchased earlier in the edition may appreciate in value.
PAYMENT OPTIONS: You can pay by credit card, bank check, or personal check. If you choose to pay by credit card, we will send you an email invoice that enables you to pay through the secure server PayPal (if you choose this option, we add 4% to your total to cover the PayPal service fee). If you prefer to pay by bank check or personal check, we will inform you how to send your payment.
To Order: please email us your name, phone/fax number(s) and email address, as well as:
of the image you're interested in, or you can write to
John Byrne Cooke Photography
P.O. Box 7415
Jackson, WY 83002
Delivery: Prints are custom made to order. At the time you place your order, we will quote shipping charges and give you an estimate of when you can expect delivery. Delivery within the U.S. is made by Federal Express or USPS Priority Mail (insured) according the customer's wishes. Deliveries outside the United States are made by FedEx International Priority service or Global Express Mail. For sales within the state of Wyoming, state sales tax will be added to the print price.
Certain of John's images are available in limited-edition platinum-palladium prints.
Platinum and its associated elements -- palladium, iridium, osmium, rhodium and ruthenium -- are exceptionally inert silver-white metals that remain unaffected by exposure to light and resist interacting with the atmospheric chemicals that can eventually degrade silver-gelatin and chromogenic color prints that are exposed to light and air. (The life of silver-gelatin and chromogenic color prints can be considerably extended if they are framed behind glass to protect them from the atmosphere, and displayed to avoid too much bright light, or kept away from light and air altogether in individual-sleeve photographic albums or other sealed storage.) To make a platinum-palladium print, paper coated with a platinum-palladium-based emulsion, instead of silver-based emulsion, is used. Creating the print is an exacting four-step process and each print is unique. The life of these prints is limited only by the life of the paper on which they are printed. They exhibit fine gradations of half-tones and display the light almost as if the image itself were glowing. John's printer, James Syme, is an experienced platinum-palladium printmaker.
Platinum-palladium prints printed on 8x10 or 11x14 Platine rag paper are available in editions limited to 25 prints. Each will be signed by John Byrne Cooke, titled, numbered, and will show the print date as well as the image title and date. The price structure for the platinum-palladium print editions is being worked out at the present time.
PRICES
8"x10" paper, 11"x14" mounts
| Numbers | 1-5 | $500 US |
| Numbers | 6-10 | $750 US |
| Numbers | 11-15 | $850 US |
| Numbers | 16-20 | TBA * |
| Numbers | 21-25 | TBA * |
11"x14" paper, 16"x20" mounts
| Numbers | 1-5 | $750 US |
| Numbers | 6-10 | $1,000 US |
| Numbers | 11-15 | $1,300 US |
| Numbers | 16-20 | TBA * |
| Numbers | 21-25 | TBA * |
| *To Be Announced | ||
PAYMENT OPTIONS: You can pay by credit card, bank check, or personal check. If you choose to pay by credit card, we will send you an email invoice that enables you to pay through the secure server PayPal (if you choose this option, we add 4% to your total to cover the PayPal service fee). If you prefer to pay by bank check or personal check, we will inform you how to send your payment.
To Order: please email us your name, phone/fax number(s) and email address, as well as:
of the image you're interested in, or you can write to
John Byrne Cooke Photography
P.O. Box 7415
Jackson, WY 83002
Giclée prints are available as an economical alternative to the Collectors Edition Prints. (Giclée prints are ink-jet prints made by special digital photo printers. Giclée, which is French, literally means "squirted.") The resolution of giclée prints is indistinguishable to the naked eye from chemical prints. There are subtle differences in tonality, depending on the papers used. John Byrne Cooke's currently available giclée prints are made on an Epson Stylus Photo 1270 printer on premium digital photographic papers from Epson and Ilford. These prints can be expected to remain lightfast for 18-25 years or more, properly framed and displayed.
Please note: the longevity estimates given here are based on information provided by Wilhelm Imaging Research, from their accelerated ageing tests. Wilhelm's lightfast ratings are for color images. It is likely that black-and-white prints made on archival papers will remain lightfast for longer than the estimates. (For more information on the projected longevity of various digital inks and papers, visit http://www.wilhelm-research.com)
When John offers giclée prints made to higher standards of longevity, buyers of the current generation of giclée prints will be offered the opportunity to upgrade their prints at reduced prices.
Prints are available on two paper sizes:
Print editions are open-ended. Prints are numbered and signed by the photographer and the date the print was made is noted.
Prices
| 8.5x11 | -- | $145 US print only; $180 US matted |
| 11x14 | -- | $225 US print only; $260 US matted |
These prices are subject to change. The price posted on the site is the current price, and will be the applicable price for your order.
To Order: please email us your name, phone/fax number(s) and email address, as well as:
of the image you're interested in, or you can write to
John Byrne Cooke Photography
P.O. Box 7415
Jackson, WY 83002
PAYMENT OPTIONS: You can pay by credit card, bank check, or personal check. If you choose to pay by credit card, we will send you an email invoice that enables you to pay through the secure server PayPal (if you choose this option, we add 4% to your total to cover the PayPal service fee). If you prefer to pay by bank check or personal check, we will inform you how to send your payment.
Delivery: Prints are custom made to order. At the time you place your order, we will quote shipping charges and give you an estimate of when you can expect delivery. Delivery within the U.S. is made by Federal Express or USPS Priority Mail (insured) according the customer's wishes. Deliveries outside the United States are made by FedEx International Priority service or Global Express Mail. For sales within the state of Wyoming, state sales tax will be added to the print price.
John continues to investigate new digital printing materials and techniques. As he acquires more advanced equipment or arranges for prints with greater longevity to be made by third party professional printers, he will make new digital editions available. Truly archival digital prints, made with pigment-based inks, are already a reality. Because digital printing does not necessarily involve coating the print medium with a chemical emulsion, prints can be made on a variety of museum-quality papers, even on canvas. John welcomes inquiries from collectors interested in acquiring archival giclée prints in standard print sizes or larger formats.
Pacific Northwest customers who reside in Oregon or Washington will be asked to contact the Photographic Image Galley in Portland to place orders for gelatin-silver or platinum-palladium prints. (Please note that this gallery may have lower numbered prints on hand, at the listed price for those numbers, even after prints offered on this site have risen to the next price level within the edition.)
To inquire about licensing any of the images presented on this site, or others that may be available of the various subjects, please see our Licensing Information.
Janis Joplin images: Please note that in addition to the still photos of Janis offered on this site, and others John has in his archives, video footage of Janis and her band members is available for licensing. While traveling with Janis Joplin as her road manager, 1968-1970, John Byrne Cooke filmed Janis and her band members on Fuji 8mm film. This film has the same image area and physical format as Kodak Super-8, but has superior color and longevity. This footage has been transferred to Beta-SP video. Approximately 85 minutes of video is available for consideration on a VHS window dub. For information about viewing and licensing this footage, please email info@cookephoto.com.