Duane Polcou
14-Jan-2006, 01:37
I must confess I sometimes spend more time reading photography magazines and collecting books than I do taking pictures for myself (Okay, okay, I even spent a nanosecond of my life as a book reviewer for Photovision magazine). The downside is that I feel there is often so much published repetition to wade through to find something fresh and interesting that my eyes glaze over. Other than VC magazine (View Camera, not Viet Cong) the choices are scarce. The upside though, is that sometimes you truly find a gem in the gravel pit.
The February 2006 issue of BW magazine is a must read if your are into LF, especially B/W. Portfolios
by Ryuijie Douglas (BW 4x5 photographer on the Monterey Peninsula who did a splendid self titled book entitle Ryuijie: Photographs - just a gem of a book like Kirk Gitting's Chaco Body ) and Huntington Witherill (who used 4x5, I believe, for his book "Orchestrating Icons" but who now uses digital . A couple of his LF prints are nicely reproduced here, though) .
Plus - an article about the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona. If you do not know about this place you should make a pilgrimage there (on my to do list) just because someone like John Schaeffer had the balls to create an environment promoting photography as an artform. If that isn't enough (I sound like Ron Popeil) articles and portfolios on Adams, Weston, Strand, Louis Wolfe , et al, and John Sexton talking about the demise of silver gelatin papers. Nicely done, Mr. Rasmussen.
The February 2006 issue of BW magazine is a must read if your are into LF, especially B/W. Portfolios
by Ryuijie Douglas (BW 4x5 photographer on the Monterey Peninsula who did a splendid self titled book entitle Ryuijie: Photographs - just a gem of a book like Kirk Gitting's Chaco Body ) and Huntington Witherill (who used 4x5, I believe, for his book "Orchestrating Icons" but who now uses digital . A couple of his LF prints are nicely reproduced here, though) .
Plus - an article about the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona. If you do not know about this place you should make a pilgrimage there (on my to do list) just because someone like John Schaeffer had the balls to create an environment promoting photography as an artform. If that isn't enough (I sound like Ron Popeil) articles and portfolios on Adams, Weston, Strand, Louis Wolfe , et al, and John Sexton talking about the demise of silver gelatin papers. Nicely done, Mr. Rasmussen.