David Parker landscapes

[Cesar Barreto]

Hi, all.

I've just seen a great book by UK photographer David Parker (Phenomenal, I guess) and I could find nothing about his techniques on the field or printing system, wich I'm curious about for I know he shows really big prints. Does anyone know something about him or his work? (BTW, his link on search machines leads to porno stuff !!!)

Greetings,

Cesar B.

[Jorge Gasteazoro]

A Google search on "David Parker photographs" returned a bunch of links, none porno, so dont get your hopes up..:-)

He does have very nice photographs....good luck.

[Capocheny]

Cesar,

Here's his website address...

http://www.davidparker.net/

Enjoy

[Ed Candland]

Henry,

I saw that web site also and I'm pretty sure that's not the same David Parker. The David Parker that Cesar was refering to is from the UK and he does B & W landscapes.

[Capocheny]

Hi Ed,

My mistake... perhaps, the David Parker that Cesar is referring to, just doesn't have a website. Or, maybe he's just in the process of setting one up.

If his pics are that good...it'd be a shame not to have them up on a website somewhere.

Cheers

[Cesar Barreto]

That's it! There's a bunch of David Parkers around the world, but I've just found minor clues on his work being done with panoramic cameras and customised printing. Whatever it means... But looking at the prints on the book,they actually seems like some alt-process, wich could be enlarged via digital means, I guess. So... I'm still curious.

Thanks,

.[Update]

Finally, I've found a link to David's work, on display at Michael Hoppen gallery. I think it's worth a visit: www.michaelhoppen-photo.com/framesetcurrent.htm

Greetings,

[Greg Miller]

This may be a bit OT but I visted the site abouve (http://www.michaelhoppen-photo.com/framesetcurrent.htm) to view David Parker's work. One thing that jumped out at me is how centered the main subjects of (some of) his images are. I personally have no problem with centered images (depends on the subject and other compositional elements) with this but its always intersting to read critiques that other people write and their negative remarks about centered images. It just seems that some people instantly criticize a subject being centered (unless the photogrpaher is a master and then its OK). Maybe its because this is a common beginner's compositional mistake? Perhaps if you are not an established photogrpaher then its easier to assume that a cenetered subject is a beginners mistake instead of an intentional compositional choice?

[Jorge Gasteazoro]

I guess it all depends if you are showing a single image or a set. In my case I have some which are centered and some which are not. I imagine if I showed only one then I might be mistaken for a beguinner. OTOH Of the images I saw from Parker only one I would say it was centered, the rest were not IMO. His style reminds me a lot of David Fokos work. I really like his work but sadly I cannot afford 3500 pounds for a print...

[Cesar Barreto]

Hi, Jorge.

I didn't know Fokos and enjoyed his work, but to my eyes it seems quite different from Parker's. While one stands for some minimalist look, almost always placing horizon line above eye-sight on constrict square formats, the other stretchs visions on large scaled monumental subjects wich seems to grow right from under our feet. A friend saw Parker's work face-to-face and was astonished just for this sense of monumental perspective. While he makes only large prints for sure helps on this effect. And Greg, if you look around for panoramic works maybe you'll notice that centering the image, as well as the horizon line, is something quite commom. Some say that it comes more "confortable" to our vision, since wide formats can by itself lead to quite strong compositions, where our eyes already travels a lot through the image. But what really amazes me, is the unquestionable technical quality of those prints. It's already hard enough to make fine 20x24' prints... but mural size?