Big Picture: The Artistry of D'Arazien (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780873387514)

This visually stunning retrospective gathers highlights of d'Arazien's unparalleled photogenic accomplishments. Arthur d'Arazien's particular talent was to photograph American industry. He recorded with artistry, precision, and passion the powerful, emotional impact of giant machines, immense structures, and complex artifacts. His photographs are the result of meticulous planning and implementation on a grand scale. He was an experimenter and an innovator, pioneering such techniques as multiple exposures on a single sheet of film; lights in motion in the dark; and the use of reflectors, flash powder, and strobe lights to illuminate huge interior and exterior spaces. He experimented with films, cameras, lenses, focus, exposure, filters, and lighting to achieve just the right effects.

Author: Darazien
ISBN-10: 0873387511
ISBN-13: 9780873387514
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2002
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 10.48h x 8.26w x 0.63d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/01/2003 pg. 109