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Thu - November 15, 2001
The Color of Flowers by Carlo Braschi
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My work can be seen as organized in "series" or, maybe "threads". Any thread, as in a computer, evolves in parallel with others to form a matrix. Any thread however can be seen as a self-standing portfolio. These are all of "The color of flowers" series. The poetic of these images is all in the particular way them are shoot. No camera and no lens are involved. So colors are extremely pure and forms high out of focus. The transfer technique is perfect to enhance the look and feel. One of these "papaveri", however is done with the emulsion transfer technique. | |
| My cameraless technique come directly from the early origins of photography. In Fox Talbot's "The pencil of nature". You can find some leaves directly exposed in contact with the paper negative. Instead of sun I use a flash or an enlarger (and if it happens I use polacolor 64T instead of 125). This technique was rediscovered many times from many photographers. I use the film in a back designed for a large format camera. The same back is part of my stenopeic camera. Format of all images is 9.5 x 7.2 cm (3x4"). Usually I put flowers face down the negative, I flash "a la carte", develop, and if exposure is good I repeat and transfer the next image. All images are doubly unique because of the disposition and the transfer make impossible to repeat twice the same composition. | |
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I am located in Italy, near Firenze where I work. I was born in Firenze too,
but I live in Terranuova. "Firenze" means "full of flowers" and may
be this is not a mere coincidence.
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