Lunar Church 2477 Print

The "Lunar Churches project" consists of images recorded on black and white negative film, depicting white-washed churches in the Cyclades (a specific group of Greek islands) built by local masters in the previous centuries, mostly without architectural plans. Their geometrical forms have sprung from the collective and partly unconscious spirituality. Photographed in hard summer light around noon, under a clear, cloudless sky which appears dark with the use of a yellow or orange filter, they give the impression that they have been specifically built to match the lunar surface and that they actually belong - having been magically transfered - to the moon. This image has been carefully photographed with a previously unused pre-war Leica III and a high-quality normal (50mm) lens. The film was developed by the photographer himself under the most precise darkroom conditions. It has been digitized by a unique method, where the negative floats in a multi-reflective lightbox, gathering diffused light not just from a flat light source behind it, but from all possible angles. This method preserves the full tonality of the negative. The preservation of the grain structure is accomplished through the use of a non-Bayer sensor, which does not interfere with sharpness and resolution. Bayer sensors, whether used for digital imaging or the digitalization of negatives or slides, they introduce a slight sharpness and loss of resolution, smudging fine patterns of the images.

Print:Giclee on Photo Paper

Size:8 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:13.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.