Chroma. Ediz. illustrata

di John Divola (Autore)

Skinnerboox, 2020

Fotografie a colori di John Divola. Una conversazione in inglese fra l'autore e David Campany

Design di Federico Carpani

8vo (24x20 cm). pp. 80. . Nuovo (New). . Prima edizione (First Edition). .

''Immediately after Zuma I made some rather straightforward photographs of the abandoned MGM Studios New York City back lot, in Culver City, Los Angeles.
These were in black and white.  I then decided to try something entirely different and around 1980
I started a body of work about things you can't photograph: Gravity, Magnetism, which way water drains, and the things I see when I press my eyes with the palms of my hands. 
All of these images required the construction of some kind of visual metaphor. 

[…] At the same time, I was switching from color negative that I was using for Zuma to large format color transparency.  I had become aware that the early C-type color prints faded badly and was trying to use a new, more stable material. This was Cibachrome, which printed from transparencies.  It was very industrial and artificial, with deep color saturation and contrast.  It was a very flawed material for conventional images but with unique properties that I ended up embracing for the Chroma images.''

''Subito dopo Zuma ho fatto alcune fotografie piuttosto semplici dell'area abbandonata degli MGM Studios di New York, a Culver City, Los Angeles. Erano in bianco e nero. Ho quindi deciso di provare qualcosa di completamente diverso e intorno al 1980 ho iniziato un lavoro su cose che non puoi fotografare: gravità, magnetismo, in che modo l'ac

• Autore: John Divola
• Editore: Skinnerboox
• Anno edizione: 2020
• Pagine: ill. , Rilegato
• EAN: 9788894895339