0475-08_s1 - Singapore
US$ 7,000
Overview
1997
Canvas Print, Printed on fine art canvas or hahnemühle photo rag® metallic paper
Edition of 5
Dimensions: 100cm (H) x 100cm (W) x 0.1cm (D) / 39.4" (H) x 39.4" (W) x 0.04" (D)
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings
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About the art
Artist statement
Description:
Taken on color reversal film and scanned, worked on the digital darkroom.
Images printed on Fine Art canvas or Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Metallic paper using a Canon 12 inks printer machine.
Story:
I was working at Hong Kong, and had to travel to Singapore, arrived during the weekend so had time to walk around town with my faithful Rollei camera. Taking care to avoid the multiple X-ray scans at security check points.
After having lunch at a market, on one the streets I found a small temple, or what it looked like. Took a few images, but the one that captured my feelings was the small door below the temple entrance.
This image was digitally solarized using the The Sabattier effect is a technique developed by Armand Sabattier in 1860. He altered the normal densities of a photographic image giving a touch of light during the development, also called solarization. It was primitively used for black and white plates, nowadays, in the case of the color it produces unreal colors and images.v
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Artist profile
Gonzalo Contreras del Solar
Born: 1955
Hometown: La Paz
Based in: Calera de Tango - Chile
Photographer dedicated to portraye Water.
It was late 1955 when my eyes peeped at the city of La Paz near the high Andes. Since then, they have learned by capturing sparkles of light.
Started at the age of 10 with oil painting and playing in darkroom (full equipment I discovered …
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