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camera; Franka Werke 1948 Rolfix 6x9
film; Kodak Gold 200
There is a haziness to the images I took with this good old camera. The glass elements are all clear of fungus and dirt.
Perhaps the glue holding the elements together has separated, but it all looks crips and clear..... ????
Any ideas from my fellow analog photographers is appreciated.
I began with not understanding and not liking Lewis Baltz industrial park 'wall' images....
The understanding came through a statement by Robert Adams; "Form is beauty". then came my appreciation.
Canon sure shot WP-1
Ilford Delta 400
SOOC
Because of their banal uninflective style New Topographic images are challenging to appreciate.
Being both boring and interesting they are not easy to hang up on the wall, but difficult to look away from.
Canon sure shot WP-1
Lens 6 elements- 32mm
Fujifilm 400
Well today I must confess to be as much in the dark about the rocks I will present to you, as most people. I am hoping that people with geological experience can assist us in making some identifications. So the information I give you about these beach rocks at Little Musselroe Bay is very general.
My title here relates to the appearance. It is not in any way geological nomenclature. Topographical comes from two Classical Greek words, "topos" meaning place, and "graphe" meaning writing. So a topographical map for instance provides us with a view of the contours of the land it is mapping. And that's exactly what I think this looks like, especially in black and white.
I believe that this is an igneous rock of volcanic origin. Originally molten lava, at least two different types of mineral compounds were mixed together to create this appearance as it solidified.
New Topographics: "Primarily concerned with relationships of land to culture and the particularities of social existence."
pg 40; New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape
In composing I tried to place each element in it's own frame area.
if only I could have managed to include that door behind the tree
But one step to the left and everything was squeezed into the center.
Why do we take a picture?
Hear I saw the topographic quality of this scene; the collision between humans and nature.
We are at an advantage for the time being, but eventually nature shall prevail.
Holga 120
Another personal project to attempt the vision of the 'new topographic' photographers of the 1970's.
An expressionless gaze at the honest beauty of the unexceptional landscape which surrounds us.
They mostly shot B&W, but I was impressed with Mark Ruwedel's "Seventy two and one half miles across Los Angeles" photography series.
camera; Franka Werke 1948 Rolfix 6x9
film; Kodak Gold 200
Being that they used 4x5 and 8x10 formats I used 120 for my shots.
SOOC
Of the original 8 'New Topographics' photographers I admire Robert Adams' photography the most.
His book 'The New West' is beautiful. I loaned it from the library and have yet to find an affordable one to own, but there is one shown very nicely on You Tube.
He mostly uses 1x1 format which I have always found quite challenging. And the collision between nature and humanity is very palpable in his photos.
I am especially impressed how he purposefully used the brightness and clarity of the high altitude sunlight in that series.
When I came across this structure which boasts that it's architect wanted it to "fit in" with the environment I could not help to realize the irony. The only way it's going to fit in would be if it were built out of the mud of the Illinois plains.
So I wandered around and around looking for the right angle to show the tension of the two wrestlers, man and nature locked in battle.
camera Yashica MAT 120