Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/21

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Subject: [Leica] Jonathan Singer; Foot Doc and Master Botanical Photographer
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 00:59:25 -0400

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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