About
Bio
Eric Cato’s abstract and narrative photographic images are found in the streets of cities over the last two decades. In terms of printed images, Cato strives for wall presence, using a 4×5 format camera when possible to capture objects in great detail, enabling him to make archival prints as large as two meters high or wide.
Photo: Andrea Narins
Born in Manhattan to creative parents, Cato cannot remember a time when he and his siblings were not surrounded by art. He attended liberal-arts high schools and then NYU School of Film & Television and the School of Visual Arts (Parsons), among others. “While I have had some formal photographic training, my father—a painter, photographer, graphic designer, art director, and teacher— was my primary creative guide; he, books, and of course New York’s great museums.”
While he worked in New York and Los Angeles as a commercial photographer, primarily in celebrity portraiture, publicity, and fashion, he has concentrated exclusively on his personal work since 2002. Cato is a committed environmentalist and human rights activist and an American citizen living and working in Medellín, Colombia.
Photographic Limited Editions
In the art world, fine-art photographic prints are categorized as a work-on-paper, the same category as engraving, etching, linocut, and lithographs, etc. For hundreds of years, works-on-paper artwork have been produced in limited, numbered editions of specific number: seven, ten, twelve, twenty identical prints of the specific image from the source file.
The edition prints shown and described on this website are for sale; each print is one of a limited, numbered & signed archival media edition; each print has its unique specific number within the edition, ie #7 of 12. Under each image, the information relevant to the edition(s) of the specific image: its title and year; its dimensions; the number of prints in the edition. And in the instance that a print, or prints from the specific edition have been purchased, what numbers in the edition is are still available. Also the media and equipment used to capture the image—type of film or high resolution digital image; if a photograph has been made with a 4×5″ film camera or a high resolution digital camera, it is stated in the image’s description.
A Certification of Authenticity (COA) that includes all relevant data about the print its edition number and technical production related data is e-mailed when a print is purchased; the artist’s signed COA is sent separately.
Once the final print in an edition is made, the edition is closed and no further prints will be made. Ownership of the original negative or digital source file is retained in the artist’s archive; as are the rights to exhibit or publish the image in editorial, industry, or scholarly journals or websites.
The prices listed on the website are for a single unframed edition print; all edition prints are made using the digital giclée printing process on archival exhibition quality paper using pigment-based archival inks rated to retain their color for 120+ years when framed and displayed in accordance with widely-accepted conditions understood to be normal usage, lighting and humidity conditions.
Purchases can be made by international wire transfer in US dollars or Euros; or by Paypal in US dollars (+ a 3.49% surcharge.)
Shipping
Packing for shipment is done in compliance with accepted industry standards to protect the image during shipping. A print is carefully placed on sturdy clean acid-free packing paper that is several inches larger than the print itself on all sides (to protect the print’s edges) and then carefully rolled inside the packing paper and then placed inside a sturdy 8” diameter cardboard or PVC tube (prints under 20” on either side are shipped in 6” tubes).
The industry standard is that shipping costs are paid by the client, and packaging costs by the artist. Videos of the standard procedures for the preparing an unframed fine art photographic print for shipment in a tube can be found on Youtube.
Satisfaction Guarantee
A strong patron artist relationship is built on trust. These prints are of my work, and your satisfaction is very important to me. If you have questions about a specific photograph or any aspect of its production or transportation, contact my office and I will be happy to answer questions. I want you to be confident and happy with the artwork you’ve chosen and purchased. Great care is taken to ensure that all materials used at every phase of the production and transport of one of my edition prints is of the highest quality and executed with great care. Time and day stamped photographs & videos are made of the image of the last steps taken to record its condition immediately prior to shipment.
We recommend the patron arrange for the print be shipped directly to a trusted framer if possible. If not, when the shipment arrives, it is recommended that it be taken unopened to a framer to insure that it is unpacked and prepared for framing professionally.
Return Policy
A limited edition photographic print is regarded as a made-to-order custom product and is governed by custom product rules. If the original artwork arrived damaged; or you believe it was misrepresented in some way, contact my office immediately; be sure to take well illuminated time-stamped photographs when it is opened and retain all shipping and delivery and carrier related documents. A print can be returned for a full refund via your original payment method when the matter is reported to my office within 14 days of receiving it, and it has been returned to my studio. Please note, the print must be returned properly repackaged in the original shipping container with all relevant documentation, before a refund will be issued.
Change of Mind: If you change your mind within 14 days of receiving the artwork, you have several options. You may exchange it for another piece or a refund to your original payment method minus a 20% processing fee.
All return shipments are at the patron’s expense and must be arranged with the artist’s office and returned in their original packaging (including all accompanying certificates received with the order) .
Once the artwork has been returned to the artist, it will be examined and compared to the documentary photographs made prior to shipping to determine if it is undamaged. If the print being returned is undamaged;
- Credit toward the purchase of a different image for the full purchase price, or
- A refund to your original payment method and documented shipping cost less a 20% processing fee based on the total purchase amount.
No refunds will be granted if not reported to the artist’s office within the 14-day period.
All refunds will be subject to the exchange rate at the time of processing, and funds will be remitted in USD.
Special thanks to:
Marc Cato, Jim Varriale, Andrea Narins, Annick Romain, John Schaeffer, Gary & Antonella Glazer, Jorge Mazuera, Kelly Curtis, Harrie & Tom Schloss, Camila Telléz P., Bob Cato (RIP), Marguerite Dahlstrom Cato (RIP), Bettina Bailey Cato (RIP), Mike Goldberg (RIP), Don Schlessel (RIP), John Pierce (RIP).
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Data Protection Officer (DPO)
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Name: Eric Cato
Email: info@cato-photo.net
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