| | The New Pictorialism in Landscape Photography - Checklist |
1 LL/1608 | | Michael Kenna Toya Lake Boulder, Sobetsu, Hokkaido, Japan 2004 Gelatin silver print 7 x 7 HackelBury Fine Art Ltd
| 2 LL/2462 | | Jack Spencer Monument Valley, Monument Valley, Utah 2003 Gelatin silver print 19.1 x 22.8 Andrew Smith Gallery
| 3 LL/3515 | | Rena Bass Forman Patagonia, Chile, #5 (Lago Sarmie) 2004 Gelatin silver print, toned 38 x 38 Bonni Benrubi Gallery
| 4 LL/3688 | | Rolfe Horn Dusk, Izumo, Japan 2001 Gelatin silver print 10 x 10 Candace Dwan Gallery
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Contextual notes: It is intriguing to see the repetition of photographic styles as new generations of talented photographers come and go and in landscape photography we can clearly see this happen. In the last twenty years there has been a resurgence of pictorialism but with some twists. The soft focus lens of the late nineteenth century has been replaced with pin sharp lens but the overall feel is the same. Here we get moody shots devoid of people - the lapping waves and streams are caught in a blurry flow. The skilled techniques of master printers, such as Michael Kenna and Rolfe Horn, capture the full range of black and white tones.
Another tendency is the use of processes that mimic the pigment and bromoil prints of the nineteenth century - some photographers use the exact techniques whilst others use digital processes to create stylistic facsimiles. |
| | Oceanography and underwater photography Under Antarctic Ice: The Photographs of Norbert Wu Norbert Wu (Photographer); & Jim Mastro (Text) | |
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