Surprised no one mentioned Kenro Izu. He makes (or made) brilliant platinum/palladium prints using a 14 x 20 camera.
Surprised no one mentioned Kenro Izu. He makes (or made) brilliant platinum/palladium prints using a 14 x 20 camera.
I was going to say Massimo Vitali and Clyde Butcher.
The art collection where I work displays a number of Vitali's works but apparently the descriptions are misleading, leading me to believe the 20x24 prints were made with a 20x24 camera. Some research I just did indicates he used 8x10 for the beach pictures.
So, to answer the original question, I don't know many (outside of this forum).
These are great. Some of these photographers I have heard of but the Japanese photographers I had not. Any others? I know there has to be
All those mentioned so far are masters. There are a few more I know of that would be of this caliber.
Denis Manarchy http://www.manarchy.com/
Check the "Big Camera" link. He shot on a UltraULF camera he built. The camera just is not big, the Tri-X negatives are makes are of unprecedented size. He built this just to do portraits - some of these he has reproduced as 2 stories. I think he is in this league not merely because are of a certain size but for the beauty of the images. These are portraits of the highest order.
Vera Lutter
Andreas Gursky has to be noted here too. I think he uses a variety of equipment and digitally manipulates his work. But the aesthetic of his work is large - clearly ultra large
In addition to these luminaries, it seems that the field is attracting new adherence. So clearly more great work is coming.
I've long been an admirer of Jennifer Trausch's work with the 20x24 Polaroid camera on the road. Her series "The South" is a gem. Wish she had been able to do more.
https://sniteartmuseum.nd.edu/assets...sch_online.pdf
20x24 studio featured artist: https://20x24studio.com/?p=363
Behind the scenes: https://20x24studio.com/?page_id=403
“I chose an atypical way of working with the 20 x 24, eschewing control and extreme detail for highly selective focus and long exposures that are loose and gestural. As the project progressed, the images took on more and more of the dark, surreal nature of the South, both wondrous and strange. My survey is a slow, steady discovery of this feeling, experienced and articulated through all of the palpable sensations surrounding it.” – Jennifer Trausch (2009)
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