[Leica] IMG: large panorama installation

[Adam Bridge]

Thank you very much for your thoughts, Jayanand. I suspect I wasn’t daring enough. I had originally thought to have very narrow separations between the panels - about 1/4” or so but chose 1/2” instead. It may be that a wider separation could have worked better.

I couldn’t print it and mount it as just two panels without having the break happen where I didn’t want it to occur but I certainly understand why you would make the suggestion. It’s something to play with in a future image.

I actually had not thought of printing to canvas and then stretching it onto a frame. I’ve never done anything like that before. My own tendency is to stay away from canvas because . . . I don’t know why, just that my personal esthetic seems to lean away from it? I guess I’m surrounded by so many painters that it would seem that I was trying to imitate their work.

I wish I could stand before that image of the Forbidden City and enjoy it. I’ve come to recognize how much photography needs to be printed to be fully appreciated.

Again, thank you for your suggestions which I hope I’ll have the courage to explore for another African panorama I’m working on.

And, again, thanks to all of you who commented on the image and its installation.

Adam

> On 2016 Feb 21, at 9:11 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Adam,
> Just a suggestion. As you have panels, why don't you try and turn that to
> your advantage? I would experiment with deliberately leaving perceptible
> gaps between the panels for a more abstract/funkier look, rather like a
> jigsaw. Otherwise my preference would be to get it printed i just one, or
> at the most, two panels.
> 
> For the last group show I took part in, I printed a large panorama of a
> portion of the Forbidden City in Beijing, which finally measured
> approximately 11.5feet by 2 feet - it was in two panels just for ease of
> transport. I printed it on canvas and stretched it on a light wooden frame,
> just to keep it lightweight. Worked very well - you can see it here in the
> righ side foreground - if you expand the thumbnail to the full size, you
> can see it clearly:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/DV2015/0b+ExhibitionPanoFromFront.jpg.html
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand