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    Art Sinsabaugh

    In the new-Hypergon thread, John Layton asked if anyone remembers Art Sinsabaugh. Yes - I have the "American Horizons" monograph of his work:

    https://www.photoeye.com/bookstore/c...atalog=ZC392&i

    Here are some other links:

    https://web.archive.org/web/20170313...gh/a_main.html

    https://www.artic.edu/artists/24183/art-sinsabaugh

    https://www.howardgreenberg.com/exhi...an-perspective

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    I certainly do remember Art Sinsabaugh. I never had the pleasure of meeting him, but did study with Brian Katz who was Mr. Sinsabaugh's assistant when he made many of his Chicago images. I've always found his work fascinating
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    Re: Art Sinsabaugh

    It's been almost 50 years now... yikes! ...but IIRC I first learned of his work from the Life Library of Photography volume "The Print", where he was featured as one of the "Great Printmakers of Today". I still have that volume on my shelf, too.

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    Re: Art Sinsabaugh

    He's not well enough remembered. I'd like to see more of his work.
    There is a good portfolio and interview in the book "Landscape: Theory", published by Lustrum Press (Ralph Gibson's imprint), in the early 1980s.
    (That book is a treasure, btw.)

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    I also have that (c. 1980) edition and its wonderful! Includes a great lineup...(am looking at the cover now) - R. Adams, L. Baltz, H. Callahan, P. Caponigro, Hamish Fulton, W. Garnett, E. Porter, A. Sinsabaugh, G. Tice, and B. Weston.

    Half of my photo-related books are (more or less) organized...the other half spread all over and I need to gather them up.

    Then there was that really nice Ansel Adams portfolio...which I'd lent to one of my photo students years ago when I also happened to be Dean of that college - and had to flunk that student out. (acted like he was god's gift but never actually did any work - like it was somehow beneath him). Tried to call back that book...but - nope!

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    Re: Art Sinsabaugh

    I have that Landscape Theory book. Miserable cheaply-printed reproductions. But interesting anyway. Sinsabaugh had his fifteen minutes of fame. Another Chicago art school type, and curiously, someone who was sometimes seen around town wearing a suit and tie with a huge tripod and 12X20 camera over his shoulder. I've seen a number of his original contact prints. Pretty much standard fare for the era. He worked competently with wide horizontal picket-fence-like compositions, worth studying up close. Now, with so many wide cameras out there, the pioneers tend to get forgotten.

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    Art Institute of Chicago Collection—

    https://www.artic.edu/collection?art...t%20Sinsabaugh

    I think what Drew is calling picket fence compositions was an interesting way for Sinsabaugh to deal with the extremely flat landscape he worked in. He also worked with more conventional formats
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    Re: Art Sinsabaugh

    Quote Originally Posted by Richard Wasserman View Post
    I think what Drew is calling picket fence compositions was an interesting way for Sinsabaugh to deal with the extremely flat landscape he worked in. He also worked with more conventional formats
    It's interesting to see how different photographers have approached the "flat lands" challenge. Thinking of Illinois in particular, Rhondal McKinney comes to mind:

    http://www.rhondalmckinney.com/

    The pictures posted on his website are all in the squarish 8x10, though I know he worked a bit with at least 12x20 as well. I think Douglas Busch, the super-large-format guy, also did much of his early work in Illinois.

    EDIT: Digging a bit further, I see that Rhondal McKinney also made some composite panoramics out of multiple 8x10's, for the "Farm Families" exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago:

    https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/74...ondal-mckinney

    https://www.howardgreenberg.com/arti...ondal-mckinney

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    Re: Art Sinsabaugh

    Drew I agree that the reproductions are actually pretty (very) lousy...but the text is very compelling.

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    Re: Art Sinsabaugh

    As someone who lives and works in a flat landscape (South Louisiana) I admire the way Sinsabaugh approached the flat Midwestern landscape by trimming out the extraneous land and sky and nudges you into appreciating the horizon above all else. I also appreciate that he didn't accept the constraints of the format but utilized just the part of the image he wanted you to experience.

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