Originally Posted by
h2oman
I was reading the Jay Maisel book "Light, Gesture and Color," and came across mention of William Garnett, who I hadn't heard of (or forgot about if I had). When I looked him up on the web I found some of his images intriguing. I then found some favorable reviews for the book titled simply "Aerial Photographs," so I ordered a copy. Here is a brief review:
The images are all black and whites from an airplane, many shot straight down, others at a lesser angle to the earth's surface. Most are fairly high contrast, graphic images, often somewhat abstract. Some of them depict landforms that are difficult to identify without reading the associated captions. The closest thing I can identify the photographs with, based on my limited knowledge, is perhaps images by Aaron Siskind or Carl Chiarenza.
I have no idea what sort of camera(s) Mr. Garnett used, and the book gives no technical information of that sort. I doubt he used large format cameras, Regardless, I would recommend this book for anyone who loves good B&W imagery.
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