 It's reality that astounds these days [message #123] |
Wed, 06 April 2005 19:55  |
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| Nature is much more creative than us [message #992 is a reply to message #123 ] |
Fri, 27 May 2005 19:46  |
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12:53pm Mar 30, 2005
A great brazilian photographer called Antônio Augusto Fontes, known for not interacting with the subjects he?s shooting, said that he doesn?t like to interfere because nature is much more creative than he is. And I totally agree with him.
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| It's reality that astounds these days [message #993 is a reply to message #992 ] |
Fri, 27 May 2005 20:00 |
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04:00am Apr 21, 2005 PST (#2 of 3)
Reality, fictionalized reality and the surreal seem to me quite medium-independent - a state of the mind and vision. I've been working almost exclusively digitally for the last few years (and went through that significant moment of turning my darkroom light in around 1995, since when I scanned my films to maintain control over my image output).
But I do begin to find the effortless and immediate gratification that digital photography affords can lead to a superficial engagement with the real. This in turn seems to lead to images whose meaning is all up-front and which fail to call up those hidden resonances and metaphorical content which can send a shiver up the spine and open a lasting dialogue with the image.
This is, I guess, more a philosophical/ethical point than a technical one. But it's interesting that although Leica and Contax are going down the tubes, Voigtländer and now Zeiss are introducing new 35mm camera and lens systems, and I think maybe this is more than a retro yearning for the good old days, even if it's not quite a backlash against digital photography.
So I now have a Voigtländer Bessa R2a + Zeiss VM Biogon 35/f2 as my therapy camera. I get time to think as the 120 MB 16 bit/channel image scans and I had to pay for the film and processing - so does this mean I'm a dummy - or does it maybe mean that the time and material implications of this more considered workflow offer a framework for a more intent, focussed and analytical photography? I travel light, I still get to play with Photoshop CS and I have great quality digital exhibition prints.
With fond recollections of a Duckspool workshop with Pedro Meyer.
Piers Rawson www.scenae.dircon.co.uk
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| The future of film [message #994 is a reply to message #123 ] |
Fri, 27 May 2005 20:04 |
Gelabert, Edgar
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01:48pm Apr 30, 2005
Not only is Voigtlander and Zeiss producing complete systems for film, but now Nikon updates its flagship camera F5 with a brand new F6! Is this the last upgrade? Don't bet on it. kodak reports that there is now more film being used by studios because they find that for certain kinds of projects it gives better results more quickly and cheaply. A camera industry report states that even though digital cameras are outselling film cameras, 4 x 5 inch field film cameras and larger than 8 x 10 inch mammoth field cameras are selling more now than ever before. Some camera companies that make these cameras cannot keep up with demand. It seems to me, that digital doodling may be more fun, but serious work keeps film busy in the hands of serious fine art photographers. There are no great master photographers in digital, only in the world of film.
Regards, Ed Gelabert
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