The New York times features a story on photographer Sebastião Salgado and his epic “Genesis” project. The article is accompanied by a series of ten of Salgado’s photographs. A quotation in the article caught my attention:
“There is no difference photographing a pelican or an albatross and photographing a human being,” he said. “You must pay attention to them, spend time with them, respect their territory.” Even landscapes, he said, have their own personality and reward a certain amount of patience.
I got an email from Charles Cramer last week, meant to pass some of his news along right away, and then became very busy and forgot. (My excuse is a combination of having a ton of papers to grade and about 40 prints to make!) Anyway, better late than never…
The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite Valley is having a show of Charlie’s work through May 27th. You can see some examples of his work from the show here. (I’m fond of most all of his photographs, but the luminous photograph of an aspen grove found in this series is one of my favorites.) If you are in the Valley during the next week and a half, be sure to stop by the Gallery and linger for a while – if nothing else it sounds like a great way to spend some time during the midday non-shooting interval! (It would certainly be more edifying than what I usually do in the middle of my epic One-Day Bay Area to Yosemite and Back marathons: nap for an hour in my car!)
Charlie does workshops. He reports that almost all of them are currently sold out, but that are still some openings for a workshop in Santa Clara, California on June 26-28. Highly recommended – more information online. I’ve been fortunate to have Charlie share some of his vast knowledge of photography and printing with me, and I know personally how well he explains important concepts and techniques and how insightful he is when it comes to seeing and critiquing your photographs. He also has a great – though slightly twisted – sense of humor as well. If you have a chance to read his Photoshop Techniques booklet, you know what I mean.
A few weeks ago I posted some messages here and there around the web concerning questions I had about a particular usage of some of my photographs – a type of usage with which I have no experience. Gary Crabbe was one of the first to get back to me, responding via PM to a post I left at the Luminous-Landscape forum.
Due to a variety of circumstances (including my travel and some things in Gary’s life that you can read about at his blog) we did not get to talk until today, when I finally had the time to call him up. Although I already has some idea of who Gary is (from hearing a Jim M Goldstein podcast interview with him, from following Gary’s blog, and from seeing quite a bit of his work) it was great to get to talk to him. I want to thank Gary for his time and advice – not every photographer responds that way to a call like mine, and my positive impressions were only reinforced by his generosity and help – and to bring your attention to his photography.
I was very pleased with Jim’s interest in my work, and with his selection of one of my favorite recent photographs:
Sunlight illuminates submerged boulders near the cliff face along the High Sierra Trail – Sequioa National Park.
Since I am a fan of Jim’s work as well, we decided to trade photographs and I ended up copy of his very lovely and mysterious “Primitive Coastline” seascape. And, yes, I’ll post my image of his framed photograph here before long. We met back on a rainy winter evening during the holidays and had a chance to “talk shop” a bit, and it was a joy not only to see his work but to meet him.
(I would also like to take this opportunity to offer my gratitude to landscape photographer and master printerCharles Cramer for his invaluable help finding out how to best “see” this photograph as a print. Thanks, Charlie! :-)
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” (Heyday Books) is available directly from him.
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