Experimental Photography

EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHYN O V E M B E R 2 2 , 2 0 1 4 - F E B R U A R Y 1 4 , 2 0 1 5

COVER IMAGE: Karl Straub, Photogram, 1924

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EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHYN O V E M B E R 2 2 , 2 0 1 4 - F E B R U A R Y 2 1 , 2 0 1 5

EXPERIMENTAL PhoTogRAPhyNovember 22, 2014 – February 21, 2015

Words like the following can be used when discussing experimental photography: solarization, photogram, vortograph, rayograph, photomontage, manipulated negatives, time-lapse, double exposure, sandwiched negatives, photo-assemblage, cameraless, light-box, pinhole, camera obscura, collage, photo sculpture.

This is not a finite list of terms, but the idea is there are a multitude of ways to make a photo-graph, and some not conceived yet. The camera may or may not be used; the principle is mainly creative use of light.

Use of these methods started in 1826, when the first permanent photograph was invented by Nicéphore Niépce.

PDNB Gallery will feature many artists who have created new pathways using light to extract unique images. This group exhibition will showcase many examples of these methods. Featured artists include:

Featured artist:

Gertrud ArndtHoracio CoppolaEsteban Pastorino DiazHarold EdgertonRobert EricksonWerner David FeistAlfred GescheidtLotte JacobiCarlos JuradoGyory KepesVilem KrizIda LanskyChema MadozBarbara MaplesAngus McBeanEadweard MuybridgeEdward QuigleyHajo RoseLotte Stam-BeeseKarl StraubUmboLuigi VeronesiCount Zichy

gERTRUD ARNDTWera Waldek (negative), 1930Gelatin silver7 1/5 x 9 in.

SoLARIZATIoN

Solarization is when an image recorded on a negative or print is wholly or partially reversed in tone, making the dark areas appear light and vice versa.

hoRACIo CoPPoLAEgg and String, 1932Gelatin silver8 3/8 x 10 in.

ESTEBAN PASToRINo DIAZMunicipalidad Loberia, 2001Gum print26 1/2 x 32 3/4 in.

gUM BIChRoMATE

Gum bichromate is a contact printing method in which the image is formed on a coating ofsensitized gum containing a suitable colored pigment and potassium or ammonium dichromate.

ESTEBAN PASToRINo DIAZPudong at Night, 2007Digital c-print21 7/8 x 48 in.

ESTEBAN PASToRINo DIAZSkopelos #1, 2002C-print12 x 16 in.

ESTEBAN PASToRINo DIAZCamiones en Cantera, Skopelos,Greece, 2002C-print12 x 16 in.

ESTEBAN’S KITE FLyINg PRoCESS

These images are created with a camera attached to a kite using a radio control shutter.The camera made of foam board with a fixed focus lens that is tilted and shifted down so that the band of focus at infinite is always in the center of the image. The lens is 105mm f4.5. The film negative is 4x5.

ESTEBAN PASToRINo DIAZ∆HMAPXEION, Skopelos, Greece, 2002

Digital c-print12 x 16 in.

ESTEBAN PASToRINo DIAZInk Patterns, c. 1960’sVintage gelatin silver

4 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.

ESTEBAN PASToRINo DIAZLas Ventas #2, 2006Digital c-print31 1/2 x 47 in.

hARoLD EDgERToNRodeo, 1940Gelatin silver11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.

SToP ACTIoN

Harold Edgerton was an electrical engineer and Professor Emeritus at M.I.T.One of his many innovations was the electronic stroboscope which made theinvisible visible, as seen in these photographs. Science has often crossed over into the art world. His dye-transfer prints are highly sought after.

hARoLD EDgERToNPole Vault, 1964Dye transfer13 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.

hARoLD EDgERToNBullet Through Plexiglass, 1962Gelatin silver11 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.

RoBERT ERICKSoNUntitled, 1957Vintage gelatin silver5 3/4 x 6 in.

RoBERT ERICKSoNUntitled, 1978Vintage photo collage9 1/2 x 8 in.

CoLLAgE

An assemblage of various media clippings: photographs, magazine or newspaper clippings, found objects, etc., organized to make one image. Hannah Höch, a German Dada artist, often used the technique of collage. One of her most notable works, Cut with the Kitchen Knife through the Beer-Belly of the Weimar Republic, 1919.

RoBERT ERICKSoNUntitled, c. 1950’s

Vintage gelatin silvermounted on board

4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.

RoBERT ERICKSoNInk Patterns, c. 1960’sVintage gelatin silver

mounted on board4 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.

RoBERT ERICKSoNEroded Religion #5, 1949Vintage gelatin silver mounted on board5 x 3 1/4 in.

RoBERT ERICKSoNUntitled, c. 1940’sVintage gelatin silver7 x 5 in.

W. DAVID FEISTMan with Pipe (Kurt Stolp), 1929Gelatin silver10 x 7 1/4 in.

ALFRED gESChEIDTParked Car and Rear End, 1973Gelatin silver7 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.

LoTTE JACoBIUntitled (Light Abstraction), c. 1950Vintage gelatin silver5 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.

CARLoS JURADoDesnudo Camara Triple, 1973Gelatin silver6 x 7 3/4 in.

PINhoLE CAMERA

A pinhole camera is a lightproof box with a hole on one side. Light passes through this point and projects an inverted image on the opposite side of the box. Carlos Jurado worked mainly with pinhole cameras, often making his own.

CARLoS JURADoDesnudo, 1973

Gelatin silver5 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.

CARLoS JURADoEsqueleto con Escalera, 1985

Gelatin silver6 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.

gyoRgy KEPESFluid Patterns, 1942Gelatin silver6 x 7 in.

gyoRgy KEPESEyes, Chicago, 1941Gelatin silver6 x 7 in.

gyoRgy KEPESUntitled from “Sirague City”, 1973Toned gelatin silver13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.

PhoToMoNTAgE

Photomontage is the process and result of making a composite photograph by cutting and joining two or more photographs into the new image.

IDA LANSKySea Drift, c. 1950’sVintage gelatin silver8 x 9 3/4 in.

IDA LANSKyContemplation, c. 1950’SVintage gelatin silver9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.

FILM RETICULATIoN

The wrinkling of the emulsion into a weblike random pattern of tiny lines. It is caused by excessive swelling of the softened wet gelatin at some point during processing. Normally considered a flaw, it is often purposely created for the graphic character of the texture.

IDA LANSKyExperimental Series, c. 1950’sVintage gelatin silver8 1/2 x 11 in.

IDA LANKSy EXPERIMENTS

Ida Lansky produced a notebook of studies dedicated to the properties of photography. In these images you can see various uses of light exposure, chemicals, temperatures, etc. She was a student of Carlotta Corpron at Texas Women’s University.

IDA LANSKyExperimental Series, c. 1950’sVintage gelatin silver8 1/2 x 11 in.

IDA LANSKyExperimental Series, c. 1950’sVintage gelatin silver8 1/2 x 11 in.

IDA LANSKyUntitled, c. 1950’sVintage gelatin silver10 x 8 in.

IDA LANSKyUntitled(Abstract Liquid), c. 1950’sVintage gelatin silver10 x 8 in.

ChEMA MADoZUntitled - Triptych, 2001Gelatin silver9 1/4 x 6 in.

ChEMA MADoZBote Pintura, Madrid, 1996Toned gelatin silver16 x 14 1/2 in.

BARBARA MAPLESFeather and Wire, c. 1967 - 68

Vintage gelatin silver7 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.

BARBARA MAPLESUntitled, c. 1967 - 68

Vintage gelatin silver10 x 8 in.

ANgUS MCBEANAngus in Tub with Top Hat & Umbrella, c. 1930’sGelatin silver6 x 4 1/4 in.

ANgUS MCBEANPortrait of Hugh Laing, N.D.Gelatin silver8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.

ANgUS MCBEANAnimal Locomotion, Plate 635, 1887Gelatin silver19 x 23 1/2 in.

ANIMAL LoCoMoTIoN

Eadweard Muybridge is regarded as the father of the motion picture. Through his experiments and studies of motion using the camera, Muybridge concluded that during a horse’s gait, all four hooves do leave the ground at once.

hAJo RoSESelf-Portrait (photomontage), 1931Gelatin silver9 1/2 x 7 in.

SANDWICh PRINTINg

Sandwich printing is when two negatives are put together inside of the enlarger and printed as a single image on the paper.

LoTTE STAM-BEESEAlbert Braun with Mirror, c. 1928Gelatin silver5 1/2 x 4 in.

KARL STRAUBPhotogram, 1924Gelatin silver13 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.

UMBoMysterium der Strasse, 1928Gelatin silver14 x 11 in.

LUIgI VERoNESIFotogramma No. 33, 1937Gelatin silver12 x 11 1/4 in.

PhoTogRAMS

Photograms are some of the earliest photographic works ever made. Light is exposed on photographic paper or film with objects in the way, casting deep and translucent shadows. Several of the photographers in this exhibi-tion, such as, Luigi Veronesi, Robert Erickson, Barbara Maple, Ida Lansky and Karl Straub used this process.

LUIgI VERoNESIFotogramma No. 6, 1937

Gelatin silver7 x 9 in.

LUIgI VERoNESIFotogramma No. 56, 1947

Gelatin silver12 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.

CoUNT ZIChyChiarascuro Study, c. 1948Gelatin silver11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.

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