VIEW IN MY ROOM
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Photography, C-type on Paper
Size: 40 W x 30 H x 0.1 D in
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It was a cool, sunny morning in late December or early January when I took this picture in Piazza Novona in Rome. I wanted to try to capture the essence, the style of the ‘Man in the Black Hat’ as he was sitting at ease and smoking at the caffe in the piazza. I decided to sit down on one of the bright blue chairs and pretend to be searching around in my camera bag... all the while keeping an eye on him so as to become familiar with his habits and movements. I decided to use my Nikon so that I could easily take a quick shot or two. I knew that I had to stand up for a good composition and did just that a few times in order to get him used to my movements. Of course, the longer I waited for the perfect shot, the more likely it was that he would simply stand up and leave. But, the perfect composition was the only composition I wanted and was rewarded 15 minutes later when I decided to gather my things, stand up and try to take the best shot possible. I was becoming afraid that he'd leave at any moment; perhaps because he was getting wise to me or just wanting to leave. I didn't want to miss out on that singular figure dressed from head to toe in black with a bit of light trim of his cuffs and collar, casually holding his cigarette. The tan/yellow wall behind him and highlighted by splashes of electric blue of the chairs. I hand-printed this photograph in a tradition darkroom on FujiColor Crystal Archive paper using Kodak chemistry and a Kreonite processor.
Original Created:2006
Subjects:Men
Materials:PaperFujiColor Crystal Archive
Styles:Fine Art
Mediums:C-type
Photography:C-type on Paper
Artist Produced Limited Edition of:150
Size:40 W x 30 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships Rolled in a Tube
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Zeny began his fine art photography career by photographing in France and Spain in 1967. His professional work was divided between commercial and Fine Art Photography until 1984, at which time Fine Art Photography became his sole professional work. Zeny’s Fine Art Photographs are printed in limited editions and are signed and numbered by Zeny. Zeny uses a Hasselblad 500C and a Nikon FM2 for the majority of his photographs. In most cases Kodak professional negative film is used and the resulting images have been printed in his darkroom on Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper. Beginning in 2020 and continuing to the present day, I have been producing a series of photographs I refer to as my Impressionistic Visions Collection. They differ from rest of my classic, film-based, darkroom- printed Fine Art photographs in that I use digital cameras and the finished prints are produced on a metal substrate. The editions are small - only 15 of each image is made…making each Fine Art photograph from the Impressionistic Visions collection very rare indeed. The Impressionistic Visions collection are straight, non-manipulated, non-photoshopped Fine Art photographs. "I do not specifically start out a day searching for a particular subject to photograph in a preconceived way. I believe that it is essential to allow the day to wash around me and to be surprised with the images that present themselves. Among the private and corporate collectors and more than 40,000 individuals throughout the world who collect color and black & white Fine Art photographs by Zeny are: President/Mrs. Ronald Reagan President/Mrs. Mikhail Gorbachev Ambassador. Leonard Firestone Mr./Mrs. Bob Hope Mr./Mrs. Charlton Heston Mr. Winthrop Rockefeller. Mrs. Jonas Salk President and Mrs. Lopez-Portillo Mr./Mrs. Hal Wallis William K Zewadski Eisenhower Medical Center Stanford University Hospital Xerox Corporation Hughes Aircraft Coldwell Banker Kaiser Hospitals Bellagio Hotel Pfizer Corporation Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP DiRosa Collection Leonard & Marjorie Vernon Collection Greg Popovich NBA Biogen Joe Torre MLB Dr Stephen and Helen Bing Arnold Beckman Sonia Sotomayor US Supreme Court Justice
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