At some point in the future I will
probably buy a very large format view camera. I found one today that would be a
blast to use, especially for wet plate, making tintypes and ambrotypes with
thing would be freaking awesome. The other possibility is to make large 14x20
normal negs ($20+ a shot, HP5 is available) and then do alternative
process prints such as platinum.
Kenro Izu uses this camera for his
wonderful work, its a 32 pound $7750 14x20 Deardorff. One side benefit of going
large like this is there are interchangeable backs for 8x20, 12x20 and 11x14. I
am most interested in the 11x14, could do vertical portraits, only horizontal
shots possible with the Deardorf 14x20.
This is all speculation and years
away but if I could get a camera like this with the 11x14 back I could do a
Buddha image (statues, paintings etc) series in Thai/Laos/Burma/Cambodia
and also my "Lost Innocence" (broken hearts?) head shot series.
Anyway this is all a bit of a dream
but sometimes these things percolate for years and then you end up
making photos as a result. For example a dream from 20 years ago got me making photographs in Thailand, maybe these new thoughts will lead to something also.
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| New 14x20 Deardorff View Camera |
