Aloha. I make a lot of panoramic albums with Kolo Newports because the cloth-hinged pages let them lie flat when opened. I put one print down across both pages of a two-page spread.

I make my own prints, and my paper of choice is Breathing Color “water color” paper coated with their Glamour coat and cloth tape on the back, as this lets you open and close the album without ruining the prints.

There is a crease at the fold of each print, but the prints are not ruined. Looks good.

I put the cloth binding tape, about 3” in width, on the back of the print. It’s self-gluing. I make a soft fold in the print to give it a little pre flex, and then coat with Glamour coat to both the front and back. I put glue tabs on the back, in the middle area of the print (to prevent the print from popping up in the center later, when you close the album or turn the pages). I add more glue further out, but not at the edges of the print.

I have had a bad summer cold and should have just stayed in bed, but started making these and just would not stop going.

More images of this project appear here.

Michael Gilbert will teach at the Photo Plus Masters of Light series in New York on October 25, 2008. For more info, go here.

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