Hiroshi Sugimoto & the size of prints

[P3D Jamie Drouin <jdrouin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Harold wrote:

>Checkout Hiroshi Sugimoto - there are sites all over the
>web with his photos

      I'm glad you mentioned this photographer, Harold.  Seeing his
'seascapes' exhibit in New York a couple years back inspired me to unpack
my view camera again.  They are DEFINITLEY images to be seen in 'person',
though.  Even his finely printed monograph does not do the originals
justice.

      Hiroshi does all of his work the same antique 8x10 field camera and
rarely uses anything but existing light.  However, in some cases, this
'existing light' might require an exposure as long as 2 hours (as in his
theatre series).  I might also add that although he does not work in
stereo, the quality of the original prints almost give the illusion of
three-dimensional space.

      It must be remembered that previous to the 1920's, photographic
prints over 8x10" were an exception.  Prior to that, almost all photographs
were made by contact print.  If you have seen photographs of any of the
installations in Steiglitz's Gallery 291 (site of some of the first
exhibitions of 'fine art' photography in the U.S.), the majority of the
images are around the 4x5" scale or smaller.


                       :-)jamie (still recovering from food poisoning! ugh!)

Jamie Drouin (jdrouin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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