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In Transit - FTE to BRC (El Calafate to Bariloche - Patagonia, Argentina) - Limited Edition 2 of 20 Photograph
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Photography, Color on Paper
Size: 22 W x 17 H x 0.1 D in
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First printed: 2016 For as long as I can remember, I’ve been enthralled by the everyday surrealism of modern air travel. Inspired by a vernacular image from the early days of commercial aviation, I was struck not only by the marvel of aerial views, but also by the presence of the wing, a riveted mass of inevitably obsolete machinery that renders these images evocative and anachronistic. Wherever I go, I always secure a seat behind the wing, and delight in the casual miracle of speeding across the heavens. I have been collecting photos for this series "Armchair in the Sky" for over 20 years using various cameras, both film and digital. The images do not take their final form until they have been interpreted as photographic prints, a process I began in June of 2016. While I'm generally considered a "desert photographer," I approach this work as an extension of my landscape practice which examines the interaction of humans with the environment. High and Dry (3-Person Show) - Curated by Delia Cabral - FAB-Gallery - Santa Monica, CA - 2016 Flight Patterns - Art Share LA - Los Angeles, CA - 2016 Each print is titled, signed, dated and numbered on verso. There is an approximately 2" white border around the image area. Prints are manufactured in-house at Chungking Studio in Los Angeles Chinatown. Papers include Hahnemuhle Fine Art Museum Etching, Museo Silver Rag, and Moab Entrada Rag Natural, and are selected based on exhaustive tests to determine which material best suits the interpretation of each individual image. These museum-quality, 290-350 GSM-weight papers are exceptionally robust and render outstanding detail. After a successful print is inspected and approved, a protective seal is applied using a three-step process that increases moisture, dirt, fingerprint, and UV resistance; extending the already significant color-fastness of modern archival inks approximately 3x the length of untreated prints. Note: Image area is approximately 13x17.3" on 17x22" paper.
Details & Dimensions
Photography:Color on Paper
Artist Produced Limited Edition of:1
Size:22 W x 17 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships Rolled in a Tube
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Osceola Refetoff’s interest is in documenting humanity’s impact on the world – both the intersection of nature and industry, and the narratives of the people living at those crossroads. His images exist within traditional means – landscape, portraiture, travel, editorial – and are variously produced using film, digital, infrared, and pinhole exposures. Thus, despite his documentarian impulses and the fact that his images deliberately depict ordinary, even mundane, subjects; he trains on them a nuanced vision, often yielding surreal, even dreamlike images. His process generally happens “in camera,” at the moment of capture, in a kind of alchemical reaction that transforms the external world into something both realistic and magical. Refetoff’s early influences were the great mise-en-scène directors Lang, Welles, Kubrick, and Melville. Today, his motion picture background informs his approach to constructing visual narratives. Framing meticulous compositions in depth, he uses the many cameras he carries to render not only how a place looks, but how it feels to be there. As he shifts between stylistic modes to build layered, multidimensional histories, what links all aspects of his eclectic practice is a commitment to capturing “what the picture requires.” Refetoff holds a B.A. in Film & Mass Communications from Duke University (1985) and an M.F.A. from New York University's Graduate Film Program (1991). His photography has been featured in Artillery, Palm Springs Life, Arid, Boom, Hemispheres, and WhiteHot magazines, among others. His work is widely exhibited including at the San Diego Art Institute, the Palm Springs Art Museum, The Main Museum, Photo LA, Porch Gallery, and numerous solo exhibitions covered in The LA Times, Huffington Post, CBS, LA Weekly, and other publications. "High & Dry," a long-term collaboration with writer/historian Christopher Langley, is syndicated on KCET's Emmy-winning program Artbound, receiving the Outdoor Writers Association of California’s 2016 award for Best Outdoor Media.
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