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jhoey
9-Dec-2008, 17:35
Hi folks,

I'm new to the forum, so please forgive me if this is not the appropriate place for a question of this type...

A few months ago, I came across a website that had images made by a photographer who had made something of a specialty shooting extremely long exposure nighttime waterscapes - the kind of pictures where the water and the sky blur to form a kind of ethereal dreamscape. They were quite lovely, slightly surreal photographs, often incorporating manmade features such as abandoned pilings.

Problem is, I can't remember the photographer's name, nor where I saw the pictures. I've tried extensive google searches to no avail. I'm pretty sure this chap did these pictures using a large format camera, though, so I thought I'd check with you folks to see if anyone knows who I'm talking about. I believe he's a fairly well-known photographer: I remember reading that his work had been extensively shown at galleries around the country. If memory serves, most of the photographs I saw were taken around Puget Sound, so I assume the photographer is probably from the pacific northwest.

Does this description ring a bell with anyone? I'd very much like to figure out who he is and see if original prints are available (and within my budget!).

Cheers,

~Jeremy
jhoey
9-Dec-2008, 17:59
EDIT: The photographer I'm thinking of is not Michael Levin, by the way.
Leigh Perry
9-Dec-2008, 18:31
David Fokos or Michael Kenna?
timbo10ca
9-Dec-2008, 18:32
David Burdney
mortuus
9-Dec-2008, 18:40
David Burdeny, rather :)
jhoey
9-Dec-2008, 19:14
Yes! David Burdeny is the one.

Thanks so much folks! You are awesome. :)

Edit: Heh - according to his website, David Burdeny's studio is six blocks from my office. I'm not sure why I didn't realize he was in Vancouver, I could have sworn he was American. Memory plays funny tricks I guess.
timbo10ca
9-Dec-2008, 19:53
David Burdeny, rather :)

oops- typo.

His book "Shorelines" is excellent.
Onestepbeyond70
10-Dec-2008, 03:22
Awesome!
Is he using LF ?
z_photo
10-Dec-2008, 04:01
http://www.artmo.com/Artists/david+burdeny/

google is your friend. all of 30 seconds and a click on the info tab
Diane Maher
10-Dec-2008, 05:47
Interesting stuff. I had never heard of him before.
Allen in Montreal
10-Dec-2008, 07:05
Yes! David Burdeny is the one.
........

I really like some of the b+w iceberg stuff! 13 and 18 (I think) are really nice.
Toyon
10-Dec-2008, 07:55
The dude's name is Lance Kiemig. Www.thenightskye.com.
Allen in Montreal
10-Dec-2008, 08:11
The dude's name is Lance Kiemig. Www.nightskye.com.

The link is wrong,

http://www.thenightskye.com


the stuff is generally nice too, but the Japan page is pretty weak.
Mark_S
10-Dec-2008, 09:25
Another artist who does this sort of work is Hiroshi Sugimoto - he has done a series of photos of the insides of theatres as well as seascapes where the exposure times were several hours.

I believe that he works primarily in 8x10.
QT Luong
10-Dec-2008, 11:25
Sugimoto's seascapes do not have any elements (man-made or natural) besides the horizon line, that is always dead center.
D. Bryant
10-Dec-2008, 11:58
http://www.artmo.com/Artists/david+burdeny/

google is your friend. all of 30 seconds and a click on the info tab

This is what Google returned for me:

http://www.davidburdeny.com/

Don Bryant
Onestepbeyond70
10-Dec-2008, 12:38
This guy considered himself an amateur photographer until
2005 and now he sells prints for thousands of dollars...i find it weird..
Andrew Tymon
10-Dec-2008, 13:31
David Burdeny is a member of this forum.
jhoey
10-Dec-2008, 13:44
This guy considered himself an amateur photographer until
2005 and now he sells prints for thousands of dollars...i find it weird..

Yeah, according to Burdeny's bio he has degrees in Interior Design and in Architecture. It's not unusual for Architects to make this kind of lateral move, though. There's something about the multi-disciplinary nature of Architecture as a profession that lends itself to that kind of flexibility, I guess.

I must say, most of his Antarctica series don't particularly excite me, but there are a couple that just leaped out from the rest: "Blue Monday" (#01 on his website) and "Mid-Day Grey" (#03). They have a simplicity, graphic purity and spareness that really appeal to me.

My other favourite from his website is "Ise's Garden" (#01 from his Asia series). Just beautiful.

I wish I could afford to buy a couple of prints, but as noted above they are not inexpensive!
QT Luong
10-Dec-2008, 16:21
This guy considered himself an amateur photographer until
2005 and now he sells prints for thousands of dollars...i find it weird..

In today's art world, it just takes one well-received body of work to come to prominence. This can happen very fast. Nobody knows you, you go to a porfolio review where someone in a position of influence likes your work, you get an exhibit in a respected venue, a few good reviews from the establishment, now you are an international art star.
Allen in Montreal
10-Dec-2008, 16:57
In today's art world, it just takes one well-received body of work to come to prominence. This can happen very fast. Nobody knows you......

Very true,

A local wedding, a few celebs in the crowd, the wedding shooter becomes a 5k per day "star wedding shooter" and the cover band's lead singer gets a recording contract, the singer was Michael Buble.