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Fine Art Photography

Gallery :
  portrait
  flora
  nature
  structure
  shanghai
  panorama   noblex

What's new?
Here now my new Noblex series. For this series of panoramic photographs I used a camera especially designed to make super wide angle photographs without distortion.
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Each photograph is :

- hand printed by the artist on fiber base paper in
11x14 or 16x20 format;
- selenium or gold toned according to ;the series;
- matted under 20x24 acid-free board;
- limited to an edition of 10 or 25 according to the series;
- signed and numbered on the back by the artist.

The use of a panoramic camera Noblex
Why use a panoramic camera which uses film when one can arrive at similar results with a digital camera? The main reason is that all my black and white production is still gelatin silver print and it is the use of the film which gives me the most satisfactory results. Moreover, the use of the Noblex 135U camera was a true revelation. The image sharpness obtained is exceptional. Even if it takes a certain time to get use to it, once accustomed, it is a true pleasure to work with this camera. To see the new Noblex series, click here.

Shooting
For most of my works, I now use medium format cameras (2 ¼ x 2 ¼). The film size allows me to get a higher level of details and better tonalities than a 35mm camera would allow me. This camera type is much less cumbersome than the conventional large format camera. I use extremely fine grain film which allows me an excellent enlargment ratio. Almost all these photographs were taken by using a tripod in order to get the maximum sharpness.

Darkroom
I carry out myself the development of my negative thus the processing of my prints. I use a conventional processing on fibre base chlorobromide paper of the of higher quality. The toning with selenium or gold, enable me to refine the tonalities. These processing increase in a considerable way longevity of my prints (evaluated at approximately 900 years per comparison with only a few tens of years for the color photographs) meeting thus or even exceeding the highest archival standards. In Order to obtain optimum prints processing, each one is washed with the Cross-jet Achival Washer developed by Alistair Inglis that I strongly recommend. All depending on the years, the photographs were enlarged by using an enlarger with condenser, cold light or now with a diffusion system (dichroic VCCE).

Conservation
The photographs are placed under acid free mats and are maintained in place by plastic corners. The whole is presented within a aluminium frame and protected by a glass. The photograph can be removed easily from the mat if needed.

Edition
All the prints are limited to series of 10 plus three artist copies. Prints of smaller dimensions can some times being offered in series of 25. Each photograph is signed and numbered with pencil on the back.

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