Life Framer Award Exhibitions in London and Rome

The culmination of a years worth of photographic artistry comes together in the exhibitions of the Second Edition of Life Framer photography award. As a leading sponsor and supporter of the awards Metro is delighted to have produced the C Type prints and vinyl displays for the exhibition currently showing at the Menier Gallery in London.

The exhibition showcases the work from the 24 wining photographers and selected guests, each chosen by globally acclaimed judges across twelve months of diverse themes encompassing ‘Life’. Each theme was consciously abstract in order to create freedom and encourage creativity.

Life Framer is a photography award designed to source and showcase beautiful and honest photography from amateur, emerging and established photographers throwing the spotlight on talented photographers from all over the world.

Life Framer Award Edition III will open in March 2016, with 12 new themes and world-renowned judges plus another series of exciting global exhibitions.

The exhibition which has already toured to Los Angeles and Switzerland will continue its journey onto Rome in February.

London Exhibition
Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark St, London SE1 1RUExhibition dates: 7th -16th January 2016
Opening times: 11:00a, to 18:00pm (closed Sunday).

Rome Exhibition
Officine Fotografiche, Via Giuseppe Libetta, 1, 00154 Roma, Italy

Exhibition dates: 19th – 26th February 2016
Opening times: 11:00am to 18:00pm

Private View: Friday 19th January: 19:00-21:30pm

For more information about the awards and to view the winning images

Images ©
1. LF London by Tereza Cervenova
2. LF Paris by Thomas Morel-Fort

We offer the following types of printing

Partial photo of a face covered in hundres and thousands printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper which is available in both gloss and a semi matt finish.

C Type Professional Photo Printing

We have been printing the highest quality C-Type prints for decades and digital C-Types produced on our Lambda have the archival and tonal benefits of traditional photographic papers, with the advantages of digital photo printing. C-Types are a conventional photographic print from a digital file, and as such is the most suitable option when printing a colour photograph.

Printing linking you through to our giclee printing service.

Fine Art Giclée Printing

We have Hahnemuhle and Canson Giclée Certified Studio staus and with over 30 years experience in photographic printing we use the most advanced inkjet technologies. Giclée is a gallery-quality inkjet print onto fine art watercolour paper. This is most suitable for art illustrations, but can also be used for colour and B&W photographs.

This a picture take of a very large black and white ilford fibre based print of two people.

Black & White Printing

We have worked in collaboration with Harman Technology to develop genuine B&W silver gelatin Fibre-Based and Resin-Coated photographic prints from digital files. The Resin-Coated is suitable for most types of B&W printing, and Fibre-Based is ideal for exhibition quality.

Picture of a Duratran. Duratrans are a real chromogenic print on translucent material and are then mounted on lightboxes.

Duratran Printing

We produce Duratrans at a quality level unmatched by anything else out there. Duratrans have to be lit from behind, so need to be mounted in a rear lit display, or we can produce led lightboxes, which are conventional photo frames containing the Duratran and led panel.

Metro called it Direct to Media. Essentially this is a UV printing machine that can produce very large, up to 3m x 2m prints on any flat material less than 10cm thick. So we can print on wood, metal, slate and pretty much anything you can think of.

Direct to Media Printing

Direct to media printing is exactly that; we print your image directly to a substrate of your choice. Be it paper, card, aluminium, Perspex, canvas, wood, slate… Our Jetrix UV inkjet flatbed printer can print on any flat surface up to 3m x 2m, less than 10cm thick. To ensure your material is suitable, we can print test prints around A4 in size.

This is a print on adhesive vinyl. The vinyl is on a roll and 1.2m wide, but it can printed in multiple pieces in order to cover a wall.

Vinyl Printing

Vinyl Phototex is chosen for its high-quality Giclée finish as well as its ease of application to wall or mounting material due to its self-adhesive properties. We can print on vinyl using our direct to media printer, in strips of 1.5m x 3m and these can be applied to the wall in the fashion of wallpaper to cover a complete wall or interior.