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This image of Notre-Dame was taken on the same visit as the one of Pont Alexandre III in 1969. It is an unusual perspective: one of the transepts and the spire from a Bateau Mouche boat on the Seine River below street level. I wanted the image to look like an old etching, and it took quite a bit of experimentation in Photoshop® to achieve that effect. Note that the image is not black and white: there are subtle variations of colors in the foliage, the sky, the stone, and the statues. I worked for many hours to achieve this result, going over every pixel sometimes several times, and reconstructed the image literally bit-by-bit. The result, insofar as I know, is unique. This image is all the more precious because it was taken before the great fire of 15 April 2019, which destroyed the wooden spire along with the roof and the wooden elements in the interior. The cathedral is closed to visitors until the reconstruction is complete, estimated to be late in 2024. Unfortunately, it won’t be open in time for the Paris Summer Olympics. Claude Monet, one of the major influencers of my work, painted the façade of the Rouen Cathedral thirty times. Why, might one ask? Because both painting and photography are all about the light, which is never the same twice. My hope for you is that this image will enable you to see Notre-Dame in a new light.
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2012
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Giclee on Canvas
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14 W x 21 H x 1.25 D in
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15.75 W x 22.75 H x 1.25 D in
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White
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White Canvas
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Yes
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Betty Dabney
United States
Betty Dabney is a retired professor of public health who has been a serious photographer for over twenty years. She has won awards in juried shows, had one-person shows, and exhibited in prestigious galleries. She says, “I strive to capture the essence of a subject, to make it seem more real than reality itself.” There is no formula for her work. Each image is what the subject calls for, whether it be color or black & white, contemporary or antique, figurative or abstract. Originally a painter, her work has a luminous, painterly quality that can make the viewer wonder if the image was real or not. She cites the Impressionists, Paul Cézanne, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eliot Porter, and Ansel Adams as major influencers of her work. She does not work in a studio. Rather, she captures colours and compositions in the real world with her artistic vision that beauty is everywhere; we only need look for it. The common thread running through all of her work is to evoke a reaction of pleasant surprise, for the viewer to think, “WOW – That is so beautiful!” Her work engages the viewers at a deep level and shows them how to see the world in new ways. After all, that is the nature and purpose of art. Come, let us make this beautiful journey together.
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