Non traditional photographs

[Greg Lockrey]

Why are we being subjected to this blasphemy?

[ageorge]

Another "non-traditional" and perhaps controversial stitched photograph....


1DsII, 45mm, 2x3 stitch, 7172x6624

[ageorge]

Why are we being subjected to this blasphemy?

blas·phe·my - impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.

"God or sacred things", hummmmm

[Greg Lockrey]

blas·phe·my - impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.

"God or sacred things", hummmmm

Large format is sacred.

[ageorge]

Large format is sacred.

dog·ma - a point of view or tenet put forth as authoritative without adequate grounds

traditional or non-traditional?

1DsII, 50mm, 2x3 stitch, 7040x7277

[Greg Lockrey]

Interesting effect.

[Gordon Moat]

Considering that D-SLRs are now somewhat common, and there is nothing really new about stitching, that would imply that the technique and tools are now traditional. Without your explanation of tools and technique, we are left with the images. Those are how we should decide traditional or non-traditional, and not how they were created. Just on subject matter, I would place them in the style of the Beckers, or similar manufactured landscapes . . . somewhat contemporary, though by now this style might have been around long enough to fit the traditional moniker.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat Photography

[Daniel_Buck]

how about we just get back onto topic and stop arguing. How about more folks post up images! I think we are mature enough to do that!

[domenico Foschi]

Ageorge, I might not like your attitude, but I am enjoying your images

[kjsphotography]

My work has so far been pretty traditional, but here are some images by my friend Anne McDonald, which strike me as unusual both in content and process.

The first is from a series called "the body in transformation." She made them by essentially making a photogram of herself on mural paper, and then developing, toning, and bleaching each inch of the paper by hand with an assorment of witches brew chemicals from the darkroom, kitchen, and bathroom. Some of the work was done in the dark, and some in direct sunlight, to develop out and solarize portions of the image.

The second is from her "botanicals" series, which were made by placing objects both on the photo paper and on the negative carrier.

Anne's "body in transformation" work is the most beautifully analog work I've seen. She's exploring things that can ONLY be done with traditional materials ... in the same way that painters, after photography came along, started doing things that could only be done with paint.

The images of your friends in the post are amazing. Wow... Just beautiful..