Cyr, John.
Developer trays. Introduction by Lyle Rexer. Brooklyn, Powerhouse Books
(2014). 4°. 144 S. mit Farbtafeln. OPbd. mit farbig illustr. OU.
Erste Ausgabe. – Der New Yorker
Fotograf und Professor für Fotografie am Suffolk County Community
College John Cyr (geb. 1991) präsentiert Entwickler-Schalen bekannter
amerik. Fotografen mit ihren Gebrauchsspuren, darunter von Ansel Adams,
Sally Mann, Minor White, Bruce Davidson, Tom Baril, Bill Burke, Elliott
Erwitt, Larry Fink, Aaron Siskind, Joel-Peter Witkin und Ralph Gibson. –
„As sure as the age of silver has come to an end, there remain few but
extraordinary and dedicated darkroom practitioners such as Cyr who
continue to work with chemistry and processes more or less unchanged
since the early days of the medium. With an unrivaled passion for the
darkroom and all its accouterments Cyr set out to document the actual
developer trays of many of the world’s most renowned photographers. Cyr
celebrates in stunning large-format color photographs the intimate
materiality of the developer tray itself and the ephemeral presence of
the artist within it. This revelatory work showcases the ubiquitous
developer tray as an essential vehicle of analog photography that defies
modern digital photographic advances: its material nature and
functionality will not become obsolete“ (Powerhouse Books). – Tadellos.
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