Bo_Lorentzen Posted November 25, 2009 Share #1 Posted November 25, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Sitting and watching Ovation TV "framed week" Edward Weston, the first photographer to receive a Guggenheim Grant, in one year on this grant, produced roughly 1400 negatives. My M9 have more frames on it already, yet not one of them have the strength of anything Weston did. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 25, 2009 Posted November 25, 2009 Hi Bo_Lorentzen, Take a look here Not that it matters - 1400 pictures. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Jeff S Posted November 25, 2009 Share #2 Posted November 25, 2009 If you don't have a copy, I recommend Amy Conger's amazing, and huge, book on every imaginable detail from Weston's collection at the Center for Creative Photography. In it, for instance, she details his Guggenheim trips by date, by location, with mileage driven, number of negatives taken, etc...with details behind every image in the collection. He actually took just over 1500 photographs from April 9, 1937 until April 25, 1939, on these trips, which covered almost 24,000 miles. Prior to his Guggenheim work, he divided his work into 24 subject matter categories. If you think his "hit rate" was exceptional, you get a better appreciation by knowing how many 8x10 photos he took of the same subject to get it right. For example, he took 47 pepper photographs one year to get one he liked. So, maybe you should try a view camera instead of an M9, and keep shooting something until you get it right. Or, maybe get someone like Charis to accompany you for inspiration (and maybe to take notes). Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.