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Momento Pro crowned new
Sking of print with US Benny
ydney based printer “This was as close to a
Momento Pro has been unanimous decision as we have Pro’s Geoff Hunt crowned the king of ever had. Middlehurst | Middle and Libby Jeffrey
global print, winning the Earth is a collector’s item. 2019 US Premier Print Awards Congratulations Momento Pro
Winners: Momento with the Bennys
James H Mayes Jr Memorial Best of Show prize.
Momento Pro took out what is considered the top spot in global print for a collector’s edition art book, Middlehurst | Middle Earth, printed on an Epson inkjet printer.
Known as the Bennys, and now in their 71st year, the Premier Print Awards is the largest and most prestigious print competition on the global scene, recognised as the Academy Awards of the print world.
At the Premier Print Awards Gala dinner in Chicago, the Momento Pro book was awarded Best of Show. Award manager Mike Packard describes this as, “The number one award of the evening, the best of the best, resulting from all the Best of Category winners being judged against each other.
on your Best in Show.”
The judges stated that, “The
title of this masterpiece is Middle Earth but a better title might be out of this world. Each spread is a visual feast for the senses. In the toughest category, this is numero uno. Extraordinary colour.”
Momento Pro was notified that Middlehurst | Middle
Earth had won the 2019
Best of Category for Art
Books (four or more colours), representing the most outstanding coffee-table book devoted to the reproduction
of art, photography, or artistic collections. This self-published limited edition book is a 42 x 42 cm inkjet-printed colossus. The book was handcrafted from the highest quality materials with the longest lifespan available today.
It was printed
onto 100 per cent cotton rag using Epson Ultrachrome archival inks, and colour profiles created by international colour expert Les Walkling.
Momento Pro co-founder Geoff Hunt confirmed that, “Winning the Best of Show is humbling recognition of our
15 year focus on quality not quantity, for all our products, and for all our customers – consumers, professionals, photographers, artists and corporates. We will also continue helping Antipodeans preserve their artwork and memories in world class quality prints, right here in Sydney, and prove that printing photographs is far from dead.”
Since the family-owned print-on-demand photo book service was established in 2004, Momento Pro has won 100 print awards, and the respect of the local photography and print industry for its community support including establishing the first photo book awards in Australia and New Zealand; co-founding the first photo book festivals in Australia and New Zealand; and contributing to the preservation of 52 Antipodean photo books in the Tate (UK). 21
Colour Doctor gets Hot Pick
Winner: Colour Graphic Services’
David Crowther – aka the Colour Doctor – collects the Print21 Hot Pick, for the Just Normlicht LED colorCommunicator, one of the 21 PrintEx Hot Picks. Presenting the award is Print21 business development manager Toni Chapman,
at the head office in Surry Hills.
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LIA celebrates print across two states
Minolta discussed the MGI range of digital embellishers; and Nathan Putnam from Océ (soon to be Canon Production Print) gave a presentation on the company’s Touchstone technology for creating raised, tactile print on Arizona machines.
Warwick Roden, committee member
of LIA NSW, said it was a worthwhile
night which gave great insights into new technology and what can be done with it. 21
T innovations in print.
he LIA marked International Print Day with events in Sydney and Brisbane, where members could network and learn about new
At a technical dinner in Lidcombe, attendees heard about a number of advancements in digital embellishing and value-added print.
Will Currie and Rob Humphreys from Currie Group spoke
about Scodix digital
embellishment printers;
Roger Labrum of Fuji Xerox showed how the Iridesse production
press and its CMYK++ configuration could add value on the press itself; David Cascarino of Konica
Worthwhile night: (from left) Angus Scott, Warwick Roden, Ray Berwick, Mike Williams, and Peter Munro, LIA