tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058180378437995577.post2279700764858951021..comments2023-08-22T06:37:59.379-04:00Comments on nonfigurativephoto: Edward Burtynsky's new pictures: his best yet?dcollinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13211802069564554414noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058180378437995577.post-47301007638704092352017-01-13T12:42:51.952-05:002017-01-13T12:42:51.952-05:00Emmet Gowin explored different genres with his pho...Emmet Gowin explored different genres with his photography. What impressed me the most were his photographs of Mt. St. Helens and the destructive power of a natural event, nature in the raw, so to speak. His aerials coupled with his ground proofing photographs definitely influenced my interest in aerial photography. I have never met him.Nolan Preecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13098114986008159454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058180378437995577.post-80965524349180582772017-01-07T20:54:03.899-05:002017-01-07T20:54:03.899-05:00Burtynsky's work is a natural fit for the Neva...Burtynsky's work is a natural fit for the Nevada Museum of Art, that's his landscape. I wonder if you knew the photographer Emmit Gowin who was referenced by a reader in a comment above. His name is new to me, but I notice he did some aerial work at Carson City and other Nevada sites in the 1970s. In this connection we should signal, once again, your own work in these same incomparable landscapes.<br />dcollinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13211802069564554414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058180378437995577.post-40930237135952580022017-01-07T13:13:14.993-05:002017-01-07T13:13:14.993-05:00The Nevada Museum of Art has featured Edward twice...The Nevada Museum of Art has featured Edward twice - once here in Reno and now in Las Vegas. The exhibition is breathtaking! I talked with Edward after he gave his talk here in Reno. He told me that it takes one barrel of oil to produce 25, a ratio of 1:25 for the low hanging fruit. But tar sands oil has a ratio of 1:5, produced through surface mining, and only 1:3 if mined from below the surface. We are destroying one of the largest carbon sinks in the world, the Boreal Forest, for a very low return. Nolan Preecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13098114986008159454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058180378437995577.post-82819344277600407692017-01-07T12:48:08.644-05:002017-01-07T12:48:08.644-05:00I'm correcting myself: the inkjet prints are m...I'm correcting myself: the inkjet prints are more commonly called archival pigment prints, not digital prints.<br />dcollinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13211802069564554414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058180378437995577.post-61821020713081508112017-01-06T19:59:37.566-05:002017-01-06T19:59:37.566-05:00Too bad you missed the show Franco but I'll be...Too bad you missed the show Franco but I'll bet you'll have another chance before long. It's that good.<br /><br />The pictures are huge, a typical one measuring 48 x 64 inches, and some are larger still. Most are printed as C-prints on Kodak Endura paper while a few are printed as archival digital prints (inkjet) on an unidentified paper. Edition sizes range from 3 to 9 without clear rationale for the variation. Further details can be had by contacting the Greenberg Gallery directly.<br /><br />It's interesting to compare the C-prints to the injet prints. As you might expect, the C-prints have a creamy depth and subtlety entirely lacking in the inkjet prints where the pigment rests on the surface - a contrasting aesthetic which, nonetheless, is sometimes desirable.<br /><br />I've been told that all the prints are mounted on foam core, with practical considerations foremost in mind.<br /><br />Thanks for your interest.dcollinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13211802069564554414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058180378437995577.post-7407637795458808542017-01-05T14:34:46.083-05:002017-01-05T14:34:46.083-05:00Great post. Intriguing pictures. I'm sorry I m...Great post. Intriguing pictures. I'm sorry I missed the exhibition. I wonder how those pictures were presented: what size they were, and how they were printed.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893844045162844866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058180378437995577.post-81922201858383255582017-01-04T18:17:27.421-05:002017-01-04T18:17:27.421-05:00Well....Emmit Gowin has mined this approach....wit...Well....Emmit Gowin has mined this approach....with sublime effect....these seems just a little too derivative....and art market self conscious for me.Gary Alessihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02716040613527870637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058180378437995577.post-27869289436084053782016-12-30T18:47:14.240-05:002016-12-30T18:47:14.240-05:00Interesting, and quite correct, to have called him...Interesting, and quite correct, to have called him out as a painter. There are not many 'straight' photographers one can say this of, which is a disappointment, and probably a reason to follow this blog. Thanks for bringing Burtynsky to our attention.Steve Brandesnoreply@blogger.com