Our Story
If a starting point should be found in the history of Salto Ulbeek, it would be the purchase of a second-hand Heidelberg two-color press by Georges Charlier in 1992. As a professional photographer working both for himself and the advertising industry, Georges was not only interested in perfecting the techniques of photographic capture, but also in printing his and other photographer’s work to the highest possible standards.
In 1994, Georges started a company, Salto, and over the following years, different technical developments were made to print photography and art books in tri-tone, quad-tone and multi-color in 600 line screen. In the meantime, Georges and his expanding team further developed the production of exhibition prints in Dye Transfer, Carbro, and Platinum-Palladium, which became Salto’s media of choice.
ARCHIVE, PRINT AND PUBLISH
In 2004, Salto moved into an old brewery in Ulbeek, Belgium, and became Salto Ulbeek. Then, in 2014, word of mouth about the unique techniques developed by the company reached Japan and Salto joined forces with Amana to form a company, AmanaSalto, which opened a Platinum Palladium studio in Tokyo. Whilst Salto Ulbeek continued to print for some of the biggest names in contemporary photography internationally, AmanaSalto focused more specifically, but not solely, on Japanese photography.
In parallel to these developments, Salto Ulbeek has also progressively specialised in the printing and preservation of photographic archives, especially those relating to early Antarctic and Everest expeditions at the beginning of the 20th century. This work has resulted in the creation of a new dedicated company, Salto Poles, and has motivated Georges and his team to further collaborate with private and institutional archives to help them in preserving their collections, and in widening their public appreciation.
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Georges Charlier
Everything
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Jean de Pomereu
Archives, Publications, Exhibitions
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Angus Dodd
Social Media, Commercialisation, New Projects
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William Ingram
Printing, Contemporary Photographers, Client Relations
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Joost Kooreman
Production, Workflow, Innovation
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Patrick Regout
Scenography, Design
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Nadia Werckx
Workflow, Materials, Finance
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Susan Bell
Press, Website, Newsletter
Collaborations: Selected Artists
Brigitte Closset
Frédéric Coché
Linda Connor
Sebastian Copeland
Le Corbusier
Michael Craig-Martin
Imogen Cunningham
Anne Daems
Raphaël Dallaporta
Berlinde De Bruyckere
Jean-Paul Deridder
Jean Dubuffet
Peter Elliston
Elliott Erwitt
Gilbert Fastenaekens
Larry Fink
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Jef Geys
Dominique Goblet
Patrick Gries
Ken Griffiths
Jitka Hanzlova
Robert Adams
Tadao Ando
Shigeo Anzai
Nobuyoshi Araki
Eugène Atget
David Bailey
Peter Beard
Hans Georg Berger
Jean-Marie Biwer
Karl Blossfeldt
Koo Bohnchang
Hans Bol
Michaël Borremans
Dirk Braeckman
Nick Brandt
Marilyn Bridges
Elisabeth Broekaert
Paul Caponigro
Keith Carter
Paula Chamlee
Chien-Chi Chang
Carl Chiarenza
Sarah Moon
Yasumasa Morimura
Daido Moriyama
Zed Nelson
Sakiko Nomura
Toshiko Okanoue
Paul Outerbridge
Panamarenko
Matthew Pillsbury
Herbert Ponting
Daniel Quesney
John Riddy
Paolo Roversi
Thomas Ruff
Ed Ruscha
Sebastião Salgado
Stephen M. Schaub
Robert Falcon Scott
Takeshi Shikama
Michael Smith
Marc Steculorum
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Lucien Hervé
Emil Otto Hoppé
Frank Hurley
Dominique Issermann
Marin Kasimir
Germaine Krull
Eric Lambé
Serge Leblon
Eric Lindbloom
Elaine Ling
Jan Locus
Baudoin Lotin
Andreas Magdanz
Patrick Marchal
Jean Marquis
Linda McCartney
Paul McCartney
D.W. Mellor
Ueli Michel
Richard Copeland Miller
Arno Minkkinen
Ishiuchi Miyako
Jiri Szeppan
Keiichi Tahara
Yuriko Takagi
Nadine Tasseel
George Tice
Kaat Tilley
Shomei Tomatsu
Arthur Tress
Nao Tsuda
Thierry Van Hasselt
Albert Watson
Moï Wer
Brett Weston
Edward Weston
George Hubert Wilkins
Kansuke Yamamoto
Masao Yamamoto
Tomoko Yoneda
Salto Ulbeek is a publishing and printing company dedicated to the preservation and appreciation of photographic heritage. We work in collaboration with exceptional photographers, archivists, collectors and curators worldwide.