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September 12, 2006
The painterly image below is an example of fine art photography that is based on the craft of old fashioned view camera. It is from Alec Soth's Lothlorien series commissioned by the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art for its 2006 grand re-opening, and as part of the major opening exhibition--- Between the Lakes: Artists Respond to Madison. In this exhibition seven artists explored the layers of history, memory, and cultural meaning that have shaped the city of Madison and Dane County.
Alec Soth
Soth focused on the Lothlorien cooperative which occupies a Tudor-style house on the southern shore of Lake Mendota. Soth's photographs are taken with a 8 x 10 format camera. These take often take a long time to produce as the artist makes endless adjustments looking at a ground glass under a black cloth. Alec has a blog
This kind of craft is very different from the image making that uses photoshops photographs or uses photos as raw materials to create montages or layered images.
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