Large Format Landscapes

Jim thanks. I am reminded of Salgado's amazing images of Africa which depict discernable tragedy. I don't handle the sad side of life too well - too much empathy I suppose. I seek beauty whereever I "see" it rather than indulge in the misery of living.

That next image keeps me going.

After seeing Salgado's book on Africa a few years ago, I called one of the galleries that represent him to inquire about one of his prints. I wasn't ready for the price, although if I would have had the $$ I would have spent them in the blink of an eye. His photographs, although representative of hardship, are truly visionary.

We're off track here but what they heck.

Some of his images are archtypal, such as "Madonna and Child" (as I call it), of an Ethiopian refugee mother, sullen and gaunt, with young child at her breast, bright light eminating from the back, should be compared to Renanissance artists wo painted idealized scenes of the same subject. You have an instanteous attraction to his subjects, not for their beauty or a stylized perspective, but the need to empathize, to feel what they are experiencing.. To accomplish what he did you have to have to be driven, have a thick skin to see such depraved conditions and suffering mankind without blinking. It takes a special photographer to persist year after year in capturing the dying and dead among the suffering. Not sure I could.

I could write volumes about his work but perhaps we should push this to another thread in the "On Photography" folder.

cheers.

PD and Darren--Nice work, gents!

Joe, PD, and Brad--Thanks for your comments on my Owens Valley image.

Cheers,

--P

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Originally Posted by Jim Becia

Here are two more from this past fall. The first is one from a small lake in WI that has some of the most stunning lily pads. I've only seen and photographed them in the fall, but I hope to make it up there sometime this summer for a different look. At sunset, the lighting on the lily pads after a light rain was quite nice. The second image is from the Pictured Rocks National Seashore area in the UP. Both images taken with an 8x10 and the trusty and very sharp Fuji 300 5.6. I printed the lily pad one at 36x45 to hang on one of my walls. Every water drop is so clearly visible. I am a sucker for this kind of image where I tend to get lost in the detail. Jim

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Nice ones.

What film did you use? Where is the lake? I am in Neenah WI

Thanks
Nik

Sierra Sunrise, Big Pine, CA

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/311-1-lg-Web.jpg

Tachihara 4x5
Nikkor-M 300mm, 81-b
Astia
Cropped to square to eliminate various steamers (cow pies) ;-)
October 2006-recently rescanned and reworked.

Comments appreciated. Thanks,

--P

Nice composition. The colors remind me of Eliot Porter's work.

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Originally Posted by Preston

Sierra Sunrise, Big Pine, CA

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/311-1-lg-Web.jpg

Tachihara 4x5
Nikkor-M 300mm, 81-b
Astia
Cropped to square to eliminate various steamers (cow pies) ;-)
October 2006-recently rescanned and reworked.

Comments appreciated. Thanks,

--P

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You can post the steamers in the still life thread.

Pinoche Ridge Alpen Glow
Fujinon 150mm f/5.6 W
My last sheet of Velvia 100F

http://johnrodriguez.zenfolio.com/im...99944576-4.jpg

Oaks and Rock Wall, Columbia, CA...

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/080-1-lg-Web.jpg

Another recent rework--
Tachihara 4x5
Astia 100F

Nice sky in this one, John.

--P