In this latest edition of ARTI’VIEW by ARCHES®, we invite you to discover talented photographer Gilles Lorin. He was born in Aix-en-Provence, France in 1973 and he now lives and works in Brussels, Belgium.

ARCHES® Platine paper has all the qualities you need to produce great photographic prints using alternative processes. These processes require a high-quality paper to achieve the best results. ARCHES® Platine paper is THE paper of choice for exacting photographers and printers worldwide.

American artist, Josh Hernandez, better known in the art world as Mad Charcoal, was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. He holds a BSD (Bachelor of Science in Design) from Arizona State University and currently resides in Phoenix.

American artist-photographer, Peter J. Blackburn, explains how he has managed to get the hang of BFK Rives® paper for gum bichromate printing and has become a firm convert.

Julie-Victoire Daubié was born in 1824 at the Manufacture Royale de Bains-les Bains in the Vosges region of France. She would become the first woman in France to be awarded the baccalaureate. This is why the French Ministry of Culture has granted this site the “Maisons des Illustres” label which recognises historic houses which preserve and transmit the memory of men and women who made distinguished contributions to the political, social and cultural history of France.

When it brought out a paper specifically designed for oil painting in 2012, ARCHES® Huile, the Arches paper mill revolutionised and simplified the practice for many artists who like to use oil paints.

For centuries engraving and etching were the methods used to produce maps and atlases. But what we have here is not a simple map of the real world – instead we have a utopian version of a country characterised by a reality full of hope and humorous fiction.