line of trees down the hill, II / Limited Edition #2 of 8 Photograph

From the series "we could always hear the river". Limited Edition of 8+2 Artist Prints. Archival pigment prints on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth. Printed without borders. Signed and numbered by the artist. Please handle the prints with care. Use cotton gloves. The work I have been doing since 2021 is based on the technique of multiple exposure, which I rediscovered while experimenting with film. I gradually recompose the landscape framed by the camera, interpreting it in fragments whose photographic parameters I vary. I try to anticipate the effect of partial superimpositions that create a kind of optical vibration of forms. I also play with the spectral character of photographic revelation, with the pulsation of light over time, or with the kind of spatial twists caused by alternating blur and sharpness. Shooting this type of images is a slow process, often taking more than an hour and a half for a photograph that combines a dozen or so exposures. I don’t do any post-processing; the photograph I end up offering is the one that comes straight out of the shooting session, without any kind of retouching. If I think the photograph is not working for me, I have to come back and start again, reacting to the new conditions and trying to find other compositional elements, also relying on controlled chance. This kind of photographic performance in the landscape is very important to me. This self-imposed constraint increases the precision and intensity of my visual experience, and I’m sure this is reflected in the final result. The ongoing series we could always hear the river shows landscapes of the Thaya valley, which flows through a region of Lower Austria called Waldviertel, ‘the forest district’ in German. For more than two decades I have often stayed there in a family-owned old mill on the riverbanks. This isolated spot in the valley resonates with the echoes of the waterfall caused by the weir needed to operate the mill. Hence the title of the series.

Photography:Digital on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:8

Size:23.6 W x 15.7 H x 0 D in

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