Joe Clark provides colour-accurate artwork reproduction in Berlin: repro photography of paintings, prints, drawings, and sculpture, to archival standards, for artists, galleries, and institutions.
Approach
Joe brings a colour-managed workflow to every reproduction job: custom camera profiles validated against an X-Rite ColorChecker target. A target can be included in the delivered images on request, useful for archiving or for reproducing a work in print. Difficult surfaces and materials, heavy impasto, varnish, glass, are part of the everyday work, with cross-polarised light where the surface calls for it.
What to prepare
Paintings, works on paper, prints, drawings, and sculpture. Glazed or reflective work is handled routinely; flag it in advance so the lighting setup accounts for the glare. A clean working space with at least 3 metres clear on either side of the largest piece keeps things moving, and having someone on hand for delicate objects and materials helps too.
Clients
Joe has been based in Berlin since 2014 and works with artists, galleries, estates and institutions across Germany, the UK, and Europe, from single works to the digitisation of a whole archive or catalogue raisonné. International clients can brief Joe in English.
Rates
A single artwork, an object, projection, or composition representing one idea or statement, is €160 for the first 2 images, €50 for each image after that.
A series of similar works photographed on the same setup, without moving the camera or lights between shots, e.g. multiple drawings, prints, or editions of consistent size and type, qualifies for volume pricing instead:
| 1–2 images | €50 each |
| 3–5 images | €40 each |
| 6–10 images | €36 each |
| 11–20 images | €28 each |
| 21–40 images | €22 each |
| 41+ images | €15 each |
Minimum charge €160. Volume pricing applies when works share similar size (within 5cm on each side), the same medium and surface, and the same mounting or framing; if the setup needs to change between pieces, pricing restarts from image 1.
A gallery wall composite service is also available: photographed works are digitally placed on a clean, neutral wall at correct museum-standard scale and hanging height, useful for portfolio presentations, sales material, or showing pieces before an exhibition is installed. €30 per work for 1–2 works, down to €15 per work at 11 or more. Must be requested at the time of booking.
Post-production, colour management, cropping, and basic retouching, is included as standard. Additional retouching by request is €70 per hour.
Delivery times are agreed per shoot at the time of booking; sudden or rush requests may carry a surcharge.
For a full breakdown, request Joe's rate card. All prices are exclusive of VAT.
Get in touch with what you need reproduced and Joe will send a clear estimate. Email studio@joeclark.photo. Joe typically responds within one working day.
Deliverables
Approved images are delivered as TIFF (8-bit, roughly 8000 × 5000px, Adobe RGB) or JPEG (roughly 6000 × 4000px for print, sRGB; 2048px long edge for screen use). Alternative formats or a specific naming scheme can be arranged on request. The TIFF is the file to send to a giclée or fine art print lab.
Licensing
The standard licence covers lifetime personal, private, or professional use for documentation and consultation, plus editorial use within the art world without further consultation. Each use is credited "Photo: Joe Clark," or "Photo courtesy [gallery name] / Joe Clark" online, linked to joeclark.photo. Print advertising and other commercial exploitation are licensed separately.
Repro photography, short for reproduction photography, is photographing an artwork so the image is a faithful record of it: square to the camera, lit for the surface, and colour-accurate against a reference target. It sits behind catalogue images, print editions, archive records and sales listings, and it is what most people mean by artwork photography.
Sometimes, and I will say so if it is. A flat sheet with no relief, going straight into an archive, is well served by a large-format scan, often for less. Photography is the better choice when the work is fragile, framed, glazed, textured, or too large or awkward to go through a scanner, when it cannot leave the studio, or when a series mixes sizes and mediums. A profiled camera and a good scanner can match each other on colour; what differs is control over the light, and nothing touching the work.
Reproduction is close-up, flat, colour-accurate copy work of the artwork itself, for archive, print, catalogue, or sale use. Exhibition documentation records how the work looks installed, in context, for a gallery or fair. I offer both; see exhibition and installation documentation for the latter.
Both. A single artwork is priced individually. A series of similar works, for example multiple drawings or prints of consistent size, qualifies for volume pricing once photographed on the same setup without moving the camera or lights.
Small works can be brought to my studio in Berlin. Large paintings and fragile or already-installed pieces are photographed on location, wherever the work is.
Handled routinely. Flagging it in advance means the lighting setup can account for the glare; there's no separate charge for this.
A single artwork is €160 for the first 2 images and €50 each after. A series of similar works is priced per image on a sliding scale, from €50 down to €15 each depending on volume, with a minimum charge of €160. All prices exclude VAT.
Yes, as an optional add-on. Works are placed on a neutral wall at correct museum-standard scale and hanging height, useful for presentations before an exhibition is installed. Priced per work, requested at time of booking.
TIFF (8-bit) or JPEG, in print or screen resolution, colour-managed against a ColorChecker target. Alternative formats available on request.
Agreed per shoot at the time of booking.
Two to four weeks' notice is typical. Shorter timelines can often be accommodated.
Joe Clark is a Berlin-based photographer specialising in architecture, exhibition documentation, and artwork reproduction.
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