In January of 1989, I got a call from an advertising agency asking me to make images of the Golden Gate Bridge for the Bank of America. Having grown up in Sausalito, the first town on the north side of the bridge, I had no desire to photograph something so familiar and so over-photographed. The art director was insistent, though, and even sweetened the pot by giving me free reign to do what I wanted. My only instructions....convey a sense of strength and make images that I would put in my own portfolio of fine art work. Hard to resist...so I didn't!
North Tower and Rocks was the first in the series of images I made for this project, and it remains my favorite. I knew I was going to do it even before I left the agency the day I agreed to take on the assignment. I went to the Lime Point lighthouse, just next to the bridge's north tower. The foggy weather was perfect and setting up my 8x10 camera was easy, but it took me nearly 45 minutes to actually get the shot. The herring were running, and the sky was full of bloated seagulls. I finally got a moment of bird-less sky and clicked the shutter.
General Edition and Sizing Information:
Limited Edition Prints signed and numbered in an edition of 100. Each print is made personally by me, printed either on Ilford Multigrade Classic fiber paper and selenium toned, or on Canson Platine paper using a Canon Pro-1000 printer and my personal printing profiles. Mounted and over-matted on 4-ply or 8-ply museum board using the most current industry standards for archival permanence.
Open Edition Archival Pigment Print made personally by me on Canson Rag Photographique paper using a Canon Pro-1000 printer and my personal printing profiles. Mounted and over-matted on 4-ply museum board using the most current industry standards for archival permanence. Digitally signed.
Sizing:
Open Edition Pigment Print – Image size approximately 8x10, over-matted to 14x17 with 4-ply museum board
11x14 Limited Edition Print – Image size approximately 9x11.5, over-matted to 16x20 with 4-ply museum board
16x20 Limited Edition Print – Image size approximately 14x18, over-matted to 22x28 with 4-ply museum board
20x24 Limited Edition Print – Image size approximately 18x22, over-matted to 26x32 with 4-ply museum board.
24x30 Limited Edition Print – Image size approximately 22x28, over-matted to 32x40 with 8-ply museum board
30x40 and larger Limited Edition Print – Over-matted to 40x50 or larger with 8-ply museum board. Call for pricing.