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| 1. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1994 Visankhukot, Nepal Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock I climbed the hill at dawn, walked through the trees (not noticing them at all), got to the top and looked towards the Annapurna Range. The mountain range I was looking for was a small, silver ribbon of light, much too far away to make an interesting image. Still under the dark cloth, I panned the camera around and literally fell backwards when I saw this image appear on my ground glass. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 2. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1997 Trees, Liliano, Italy Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock Lilliano is a wonderful, small Tuscan town. IKEA a Scandinavian homegoods company, recently made a poster of this image. I signed the contact, knowing I'd get a very small percentage of the wholesale price. I thought at best I'd be getting a few hundred dollars if the poster was marketed well. My first check arrived. It was for a little over $6,000! (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 3. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1971 Scoodic Point, Maine Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock Although I made this exposure in 1971, I still remember that the temperature was -10¦F. It was not easy working with my old 8 x 10 Deardorf in such cold weather but well worth the effort. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 4. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1981 Clare Island, County Mayo, Ireland Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock I have very few photographs from 1981. It was a year that I had a dry spell. This image, made with my 5 x 7 Deardorf, broke that dry spell. The next few months more than made up for the times when I did lots of work and had nothing to show for it. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 5. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1981 Vinalhaven Trees, Maine Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock I've been trying to find the spot where I made this exposure 25 years ago on Vinalhaven Island, Maine. Either the trees are long gone, or I've been searching in the wrong location. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 6. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1971 Sunrise, Scoodic Point, Maine Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock I have very fond memories of photographing at Scoodic Point in Maine. It' a place Minor White told me about. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 7. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1985 Islands and Clouds, Clew Bay, Ireland Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock I remember the exposure took about ten minutes at f64. The clouds were moving, leaving tracings of where they had been. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 8. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1980 Silver Strand, County Mayo, Ireland Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock This stretch of beach is one of the most pristine in all of Ireland. Now it's off limits because the "contrary" farmer who owns the adjoining land put up a very sturdy barbed wire fence and no trespassing signs. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 9. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1983 Ashleem Bay, Achill Island, Ireland Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock Just last winter, the far rock lost it's top half in a winter storm. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 10. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1986 Water Reeds at Cong, County Mayo, Ireland Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock Every time I visit the little village on Cong, in Co. Mayo, Ireland, I always photograph along this river and always get an image I like. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 11. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1979 Silver Stream. thallabawn, County Mayo, Ireland Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock The tide is always changing the foreground at this part of the beach. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 12. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1975 Thatched Cottage, County Mayo, Ireland Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock This cottage in the west of Ireland lasted from before the great famine until just a few years ago. Where it once stood, there is a small grassy mound. It is as if the earth swallowed it up once it was no longer lived in. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 13. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1979 Bunowen Beach, County Mayo, Ireland Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock Stormy days in the west of Ireland require patience, but often that patience is rewarded. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 14. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1979 Clearing Sky, thallabawn, County Mayo, Ireland Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock I recently made the best print of this image I've ever made because I worked from a scanned negative and was able to correct a few minor defects. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 15. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1975 Three Trees, Doo Lough, County Mayo Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock If anything, the Three Trees has become my signature print from Ireland. Now the image is also an historical document because the trees have long since disappeared. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 16. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1996 Taj Mahal, India Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock My group and I were disappointed that we could not use tripods to photograph the front of the Taj Mahal. Our local guide took us around the back across the river where I made this image. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 17. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1994 Morning Mist, San Gimignano, Italy Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock Every year I photograph from this same place, and every year something new is revealed. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 18. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1997 Ear of the Wind, Monument Valley, Arizona Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock Monument Valley is a much photographed place. I met this Navajo man who asked if I'd be willing to pay him to herd his sheep down from ear of the wind. It turned out to be a wonderful opportunity for me and the group I was leading. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 19. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1996 Monument Valley, Arizona Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock When looking through my ground glass, I realized that Ansel Adams had been in the very same place! (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 20. |  | Ron Rosenstock 2005 Machu Picchu in Mist, Peru Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock It was a drizzly morning at Machu Picchu, the kind of morning that keeps most of the tourists in bed. I recently printed this image to 24 x 30, and it's magnificent! (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 21. |  | Ron Rosenstock 2001 Christina's World Revisited, Cushing, Maine Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock The black horse appeared out of nowhere just as I was about to make the exposure. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 22. |  | Ron Rosenstock 2001 Homage to Monet, Cong River, County Mayo, Ireland Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock This photograph was recently chosen to hang in the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur as part of the Art in Embassies program. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 23. |  | Ron Rosenstock 2001 Reflection, Mount Cook, New Zealand Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock As I was looking under my dark cloth at the ground glass, the arrow shadow appeared. I quickly made the exposure, and the shadow was gone. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 24. |  | Ron Rosenstock 2002 Agave Plant, New Zealand Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock I feel this image of the agave plant was one of my best from a trip to New Zealand. It was made the first day, right in front of my hotel in Auckland. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 25. |  | Ron Rosenstock 2002 Forest Path, New Zealand Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock The walking paths in New Zealand are about the most inviting paths I've ever experienced. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 26. |  | Ron Rosenstock 2002 Kasbah Om Hdache, Dades Gorge, Morocco Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock Sometimes a person can't help but make a special photograph from a special place. Om Hdache in Morocco is such a place. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 27. |  | Ron Rosenstock 2002 Sand Scape, Sahara, Morocco Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock Working with a view camera with slight wind is always a challenge. I was motivated by Edward Weston's dunes at Oceana. Edward Weston's dune images have been in my mind for fifty years. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 28. |  | Ron Rosenstock 2002 Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock The Maori of New Zealand have a folk legend regarding these accretions of crustaceans, called the Moeraki Boulders. They are believed to contain ancient spiritual knowledge passed down from their creator (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 29. |  | Ron Rosenstock 2002 Sahara Shadow, Morocco Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock The first light on the Sahara is the best for creating with shadows. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 30. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1985 Sunset at Sheeffrey, County Mayo, Ireland Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock This image was one of the first I made where I totally pre-visualized the final print. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 31. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1995 Noon Shadows, San Gimignano, Italy Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock I didn't see this image, as it appears, until I put a 25A red filter on my lens. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 32. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1999 Monks' Robes, Abbey of Sant' Antimo, Italy Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock It took three years to get the right print. Originally there were four robes and lots of wall detail. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 33. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1971 Standing Stone, Achill Island, Ireland Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock This image was the first image I kept from my fist trip to Ireland in 1971. Three years later the winter storms knocked the stone over. In three more years the stone was pulverized. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |
| 34. |  | Ron Rosenstock 1971 Angel With Crossed Arms, Kilkenny, Ireland Gelatin silver print / Fuji Crystal Archive print 16 x 20 in / 24 x 30 in Provided by the artist - Ron Rosenstock I remember photographing with my 8 x 10 Deardorf in Saint Canice's Cathedral in Kilkenny, Ireland. The sculptural form of the angel is, in reality, only five inches high, I had a lot of bellows extension and reciprocity. The exposure was two hours long. During the exposure the edges of the form on the ground glass began to glow. (Ron Rosenstock, Dec 2007) |