In 1993, Agfa developed a publicity/advertising campaign featuring water as a vital resource, and I was hired to make a series of landscape images of “water." I was given complete cart-blanche regarding subject scene and camera format, with the caveat that all materials used had to be Agfa. Wonderful!
I elected to work in Carmel/Big Sur and Yosemite — using 8x10, Agfapan 100, and Rodinal. Prints on Brovira. I started my week-long adventure in Big Sur, moving up to Point Lobos, back to Big Sur then on to Yosemite.
Since Agfa did not import their Agfapan 400 film into the US in 8x10 size, and I wanted to work in 8x10, I needed to adjust my thinking to include the need for slower shutter speeds, letting the water motion be part of my design. At my first stop at Point Lobos, I encountered this wonderful scene, with the contrast of the stillness of the water in a beautiful rock-pool against the undulating surf in the background rocks. All in a radiant glow from a thin foggy sky.
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. Note: Three images are in editions of 150.
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
Larger sizes available. Call for details and pricing.