Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Scanned Gelatin Silver Fiber Print

Kodak Tri-X 4x5 ISO320

8'' x 10''

I had this romantic vision of large format, yet I never knew it required such attention, time, and accuracy. Not to mention the actual cost of it all. It’s fucking expensive to get started. Yet after a few projects, I’m slowly seeing the trends I went through in highschool when I first began with 35mm; a successful exposure here, a nice print there. Of course there are many factors besides the new equipment. Being new to Boston would be one of them. I defiantly feel my photographs are reminiscent towards that too. Nevertheless, I would say this diptych is kind of the breaking point out of the minute depression I went through. I like the concept; taking three photographs from totally different areas to form a new space within an image. Plus my professor Laura McPhee loved them too. It’s exciting and has the qualities of many other art forms. However, I do feel that the subject matter could be pushed even more. I have a feeling I’ll be returning to this idea later on and maybe in color…