Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Pearl 320gsm

Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Pearl 320gsm occupies a unique position in fine art printing: 100% cotton quality with a pearl-finish coating that delivers the deep blacks and rich contrast of a silver gelatin darkroom print, without the flat surface of a matte paper or the aggressive shine of a gloss. For photographers accustomed to darkroom printing, this is the digital equivalent of a silver-base pearl paper — the depth is there, the warmth is there, the paper just feels *right*.

At 320gsm with no optical brighteners, the warm natural white base (89% whiteness) gives photographs a vintage, film-like quality. The microporous pearl coating achieves a very high D-Max — shadows are genuinely deep, highlights are clean, and mid-tones have a three-dimensional quality that flat matte papers can't replicate. It's acid- and lignin-free, ISO 9706-compliant, and built for decades of stable archival storage.

At GPP, Photo Rag Pearl is a favourite for edition printing and collectors' work. It bridges the gap between the contemplative feel of matte cotton and the visual impact of a baryta paper — many clients who discover it stop looking for anything else. Available up to 44" wide.