Friday, January 15, 2010

Scanned Gelatin Silver Fiber Print

Kodak Tri-X 4x5 ISO320

8'' x 10''

When it came to studying a published photographer's work, my mind was all over the place. I went from Philip-Lorca diCorcia to David Hilliard and eventually landed on Aaron Siskind. I have always been into his work and i felt being here in Boston, would accent his style well. I knew the 4x5 would pick up every bit of fine detail that makes his photos what they are and also printed them leaning more on the high contrast side of things due to thats how he printed. I ended up experimenting with multiple surfaces; bricks, tire marks, tar filler. Yet when it came to crit, i ended up being satisfied with these two…