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Subject: [Leica] Jonathan Singer; Foot Doc and Master Botanical Photographer
From: rsphotoimages at comcast.net (rsphoto's email)
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 10:15:36 -0700
References: <C63BA96D.4EB16%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Mark:

According to the Vanity Fair article, a friend has an old Iris printer  
that (the friend) helps him use for print.  He says it's the only  
printer that gives him back what he saw in the finder.  As well, he  
settled (wow - "settling for a $40k 'blad???) on the Hasselblad  
because it was the only rig he tried that really produce the blue  
tones as seen.

Well, whatever your politics re. big money rigs vs. art (Holga?), I  
still think his stuff is superb.

Bob



On May 21, 2009, at 9:59 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

You're only as good sat your latest Double elephant folio.

Which is a bound 30x40 inch book.
Same size as  " Audubon?s Birds of America, the greatest picture book  
ever
published and the best-known double-elephant folio."

I thought he was going through a stack of prints with the white Mickey  
Mouse
gloves then I noticed it was bound in a book which needs a special stand
like the Helmut Newton book which I think was a bit bigger.

Amazing how annoying an excellent artist can be.

"$2.5 million for the world?s second set of Botanica Magnifica "
http://judithdenhollander.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/double-elephant-folio-of-
250-floral-images-jonathan-singer/

$2.5 million is more than $500,000 don't know about the discrepancy.

Coincidently my approach exactly to shooting flowers.
Black drop out backdrop.
And the way to do it would be medium format digital the Fujiblad ideal  
for
the job.


The low light approach very interesting the first new lighting  
approach I've
heard of in years for photography. Copy the Dutch masters. I think  
digital
opened that up more.

http://www.hasselblad.com/news/hasselblad-photographer-jonathan-singer-photo
graphs-flowers-with-a-heavenly-touch.aspx


And in effect "print making" but down by a book company.






Mark William Rabiner






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