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Known more for his work on Japanese Gardens, I was particularly intrigued by William Corey's 8X20 camera portraits. Who would have thought that such an odd format would work really well with portraits. Do check these out, then have a look at his work on gardens.
The whole idea of mounting an 8X20 camera vertically - in itself a challenge, then using it to make portraits is pretty mind boggling. The technical difficulties involved are impressive, but even had the images been shot digitally and cropped, they would none the less be interesting - I have the feeling I know a bit about these people, something many portraits don't in fact show.
Note the use of hands as a very important part of the portraits, and also the good use of background to frame the images.
3 comments:
Links busted:
William Corey
Link fixed, thanks for pointing it out - without the http://www it automatically added blogspot in front - interesting.
George
Well, this format certainly makes the model look very tall and slender. I would think that the format would be interesting for that type of model and also be very appropriate for panoramic shots.
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