British Isles - Softcover

Arentz, Dick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590050185 ISBN 13: 9781590050187

Publisher: Nazraeli Pr, 2002

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Out of Print. Signed by Dick Arentz

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From the Author:

Britain, one would think, should be an ideal territory for the classic landscape photographer. It is a small island with an incredible variety of terrain: wild moors, rolling plains, marshlands, lush woods, placid meadows, craggy coastlines, stark mountains, meandering rivers, and historical artifacts spanning over 4,000 years, all subject to a shape-shifting canopy of endlessly variable light and weather. Yet this land remains one of the most neglected of subjects, even for British photographers. Perhaps it is therefore appropriate for an outsider, albeit a passionate Anglophile, to reveal the more contemplative aspects of the island. Dick Arentz has made over twenty photographic expeditions to the British Isles since 1977, from the Orkney Islands in the far north to Land's End, the most south-western tip. The resulting negatives - which range from 5 x 7 inches to 12 x 20 inches - are made specifically for the late 19th-century platinum/palladium process, at which the artist is an acknowledged master. British Isles, our second monograph on the work of Dick Arentz, comprises fifty of the artist's most powerful images from this project, faithfully reproduced in duotone on matt art stock.

About the Author:

Dick Arentz is a fine-art photographer with more than 75 one-person exhibits of his work throughout the United States and Europe. He is well known as the authority on platinum and palladium printing and has given numerous workshops and seminars on the subject continuously for the past 25 years. His work is included in most major museums and corporate collections, including The New York and San Francisco Museums of Modern Art, The International Center of Photography, The George Eastman House and The Center for creative Photography.

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