Amazing as always! I am wondering if all those artists you feature shoot medium and large format? 4x5 is a consistent ratio in many of your posts. I am curious if this is the actual format or maybe a preferred crop among documentary photographers?
Thank you Jakub, much appreciated! I'm sure a lot of them do, but it's definitely a very popular crop for this style of photography too. I'd say that is probably derived from the fact the historically most photographers making this kind of work shot medium and large format. So even people shooting digital feel like the squarer rectangle (compared to 35mm that is) fits with their vision of how the work is supposed to look.
The 3x4 aspect ration of digital medium format (which isn't too far off 4x5) is also getting more popular as those cameras have become more widely available. They're also often sought out by contemporary photographers making documentary work for the same resolution based reasons that photographers have historically chose large and medium format cameras when making this style of work.
I love when we can introduce you to new stuff Peter! I always find looking at other peoples work to be one of the best ways to find inspiration. Thank you very much!
Been a fan of publishings and I’m in!
Thank you very much! Glad to have you here James!
I find Sam is good at eliciting an emotional response.
Completely agree Clarence!
I really enjoyed going through Kevin's website of work. Thank you so much for sharing.
My pleasure Trevor! I love hearing that the features inspire people to take a deeper dive into an artist work.
Love the image of the house with the tree in front blowing in the wind :)
Thanks Dylan, I love that one too.
Great collection of images!
Thank you Doug, I'm really happy to hear you enjoyed the feature!
Great set!
Thank you very much!
Amazing as always! I am wondering if all those artists you feature shoot medium and large format? 4x5 is a consistent ratio in many of your posts. I am curious if this is the actual format or maybe a preferred crop among documentary photographers?
Thank you Jakub, much appreciated! I'm sure a lot of them do, but it's definitely a very popular crop for this style of photography too. I'd say that is probably derived from the fact the historically most photographers making this kind of work shot medium and large format. So even people shooting digital feel like the squarer rectangle (compared to 35mm that is) fits with their vision of how the work is supposed to look.
The 3x4 aspect ration of digital medium format (which isn't too far off 4x5) is also getting more popular as those cameras have become more widely available. They're also often sought out by contemporary photographers making documentary work for the same resolution based reasons that photographers have historically chose large and medium format cameras when making this style of work.
Great feature! Love Sam’s work. I hadn’t seen Kevin or Kristian’s before but looking through his site was very inspiring. Amazing curation as always.
I love when we can introduce you to new stuff Peter! I always find looking at other peoples work to be one of the best ways to find inspiration. Thank you very much!
Thank you, Noah! I really appreciate all the work you do creating community and promoting artists. I definitely find it inspiring. I’m grateful.
Thank you very much for the kind words Peter, that truly means a lot to me.
Sam's work looks interesting, they feel dramatic.
Yeah I love Sam's work, it has a sort of cinematic, David Lynch thing on.
All 3 are phenomenal photographers and story tellers, some amazing work featured here Noah, many thanks