Flat Work on Location
This is an ad hoc setup photographing prints in a Brooklyn print dealer’s space. A little down and dirty (keeping true to my subtitle up there: “How the Sausage Get’s Made”), but effective. With the aim of making good images, getting the job done on location, and keeping a reasonable budget this works. Hold your tongue, I’ve photographed thousand+ year old Chinese hand scrolls with a similar variant. That time it was strobe (keep ‘em cool) and a 4×5 film camera.
Type of prints photographed:
Tea Culture of Japan
Check out the exhibit and the book. I have a bunch of images in the book. Look back to my post here called “Tea Ceremony” about a year ago (Mar 2008).
Tea Culture of Japan (press release)
The book.
Thomas Roberts painting
Photographing a painting by the Irish painter Thomas Roberts at private residence in Greenwich, CT for National Gallery of Ireland. Image is for planned publication by Churchill House Press (www.churchillhousepress.com) in association with Thomas Roberts focused exhibit in Ireland.
Well actually the make the full painting image the camera was, of course, right up to the chandelier. Luckily not higher, but squeezing my head in to view was comical.
A very dark painting, though I captured plenty of detail. It took me about 5 minutes before I found the signature for a detail even if it was half covered by the frame.
Thanks to the collector/homeowner, Brendan Rooney at the National Gallery of Ireland, and William Laffan at Churchill House Press in London.
Filament Sculpture
This a fun sculpture I photographed for a NH artist Irene K. Miller. It is knitted from mono filament in sections and stitched together. Interesting, a little tricky. Benefited from the back lighting, kind of like a hair light for those people types.
Small Studio : Sizable Painting
On location great images can still be made in tight spaces. Painter: Christopher Mir, represented by RARE
Painting: Christopher Mir