About Us

ABOUT US:

Nickel City Limited is a multi-media resource for local artists and photographers to display and market their work.

OUR STORY:

A small group of people have agreed to work together to make images, produce archival quality prints and to market them in an effective and reputable way at a fair price. The focus of our collective efforts is to produce individual pieces of high quality that have a personal appeal. Our initial offering, the Fab 60 Collection is the work of a local photographer. The images from Buffalo’s Outer Harbor, the city, and nearby special places capture a moment in time, and in that regard, are an ensemble.

FAB 60 COLLECTION

Limited to 60 prints – each image

IMAGES

  • These photographs were taken, primarily, in the City of Buffalo 2013 -2016. The focus is on the natural environment, our built environment and their interplay. These are photos of natural beauty, of places and things threatened by neglect, indifference, or, by new development(s). They are visual reflections of the city and its people; now, in the past, and into the future; and they are a collection of stories.
  • The images are authentic and unedited.
  • Each print of each image is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity

DETAILS

  • Paper - The photographs are printed on Epson Premium Semimatte Archival Photo Inkjet Paper, a resin coated 258 gsm photo paper that provides the highest color gamut available with a high D-Max
  • Ink - All prints made with UltraChrome pigment inks, ensuring print longevity up to 200 years.
  • Mounting & frame - performed using archival backing and Tru Vue UV Conservation glass (99% UV Protection).
  • Dimensions:
    • 8x10 11 x 14 frame
    • 11x14 16 x 20 frame
    • 16x20 20 x 24 frame

 

FUN KEY FACTS

  • Gallery Names
    There are six galleries with 10 photographs each. The galleries’ names are a play on 1960’s era television shows and a late 60’s song. Alphabetically: The Eve of Destruction - The Barry McGuire ballad [By the way: the Doomsday Clock is down to 100 seconds (January 2020), closest ever] - Naked City Snapshots; 1st the film noire flick then the weekly crime thriller that concluded with the line, “There are 8 million stories in the naked city, this has been one of them” ; Outer Harbor Limits, after the iconic “Outer Limits”. : Sunset Trips twists the 77 Sunset Strip theme: Twilight Zoned pays homage to our own local [close enough] boy, ( Rod Serling) made good, and the World of Wonderful Color reflects that peculiar magic of the Disney view over these decades.
  • 10 Points
    10% of net profit on a sold item(s) is forwarded to the partners identified in your order as the person, business, or organization that referred you to us.
  • Partners
    Our plan is to work and grow together with people and businesses in our local community - we source our products and services from local vendors and our network of community partners can raise funds by promoting sales. Buffalo Big Print produces our superior prints and handles custom framing, the wizards at Ingenious craft our cyber architecture and solutions, and our Venues partners open the world to our work. Together, through this project, we work to increase opportunities for local talent to display and market their work and we contribute, each in our own way(s), to awareness of environmental justice issues. 
  • The Environmental Justice League (EJL) is a Partner. We expect you will hear more about them and hope that you will contribute to their story.

TALK STORY

Fab 60 Collection

  • The Niagara Frontier is a unique place of transitory glories and enduring beauty. This photographic essay documents a sense of place as it existed at a particular time. If we look closely, and listen carefully, we may see and hear the wonderful stories of the natural environment and the built environment that is our heritage, our shared legacy. Our purpose here is, first of all, to appreciate. Then, to record, report, and reveal. We hope to inform and inspire efforts of wise stewardship. We share real images and real stories from our present, past, and future.
  • Fab 01 - Fab 60: Every picture tells a story. Together we are strong.