Richard Learoyd: Day for Night
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (571 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597113298 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is represented by McKee Gallery, New York, and Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. In addition to curating numerous touring exhibitions in the UK, his curated exhibitions at the museum include Shadow Catchers: Camera-less Photography (2010). . Barnes writes on contemporary photographers for such publications as Aperture and Portfolio, as well as for exhibition catalogues.Nancy Gryspeerdt lives in London and works in television drama. About the Author Richard Learoyd studied fine-art photography at the Glasgow School of Art under professor Thomas Joshua Cooper. He lives in Wiltshire, South West England, with his family and works in a studi
The subject is in the adjacent room, separated by a lens. The color images are made with one of the most antiquarian of photographic processes: the camera obscura, literally translated from Latin as "dark room." Learoyd has created a room-sized camera in which the Cibachrome photographic paper is exposed. This deluxe, oversized monograph offers the most comprehensive collection of British photographer Richard Learoyd's (born 1966) color studio images to date--mostly portraits, but also including a handful of exquisite still lifes. It also includes an artist statement by Lea
Richard Learoyd studied fine-art photography at the Glasgow School of Art under professor Thomas Joshua Cooper. Learoyd started his camera obscura work in 2003. His work has been included in group shows at the International Center of Photography, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the National Gallery, London. In addition to curating numerous touring exhibitions in the UK, his curat
Huge book, beautiful production, lacks editing. Huge book from Richard Learoyd, and quite an impressive production, which must have been subsidized heavily to be for sale at this price. Seems to have every image he ever made in it, which is one sense is great, but in another, a failure of editing. Clearly nobody is saying 'No' or 'Enough'! Mr Learoyd has perfected a dream of photographers: immaculately detailed direct from camera unique color prints, without negative or film. The prints are amazing artifacts of light, emulsion and chemistry - truly wonderful and alluring. He has made the most of his exceptional craftsmanship, but the big question is what he does with this wondrous techniq. Bruce C said Great survey of a great photographer. This is a fantastic book of Richard Learoyd's photos, which are amazing. The color is very accurate (unlike an earlier, smaller book of his work). Highly recommended.. The camera obscura is very much alive Currently at the J Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles is a collection of expositions that includes a major collection of the works of Richard Learoyd – IN THE STUDIO. This book is an earlier monograph of an exhibition of this work but many of the same images are in both this book and in the Getty exhibition.The contemplative mood and mesmerizing detail of Richard Learoyd’s large-scale color photographs of the human figure, portraits, and still lifes create an uncanny sense of intimacy between subject and viewer. Working in his East London studio, Learoyd utilizes a room-sized camera obscura with a fixed lens to make unique direct-p