EXTRALIGHT

 

I recently run out of copies of the catalogue of my 2007 exhibition ExtraLight, which was printed by an old-fashioned print shop. So I decided to make a deeply revised second edition of it trough Blurb, as I already did for all of my last books and catalogues. It's faster, easier, cheaper and more flexible. Moreover, this way PhotoGraphia readers have the opportunity to buy the book -both a hard copy or a pdf file-, or simply browse it. I must say that I definitely enjoyed the page make-up process, as it gave me the opportunity to review the photographs I had selected more than six years ago and put them together according to a vision that I didn't have yet at the time. And it is now a great pleasure to share it with all of you.

Epson R-D1 - Leitz Summicron 35mm non-asph (52mm eq.)
1/90" f11 ISO 200

Epson R-D1 - Leitz Summicron 35mm non-asph (52mm eq.)
1/290" f5.6 ISO 200

Epson R-D1 - Leitz Summicron 35mm non-asph (52mm eq.)
1/640" f5.6 ISO 200

Epson R-D1 - Leitz Summicron 35mm non-asph (52mm eq.)
1/2000" f11 ISO 200

Comments

[Stefano Mazza]

Outstanding!
I am so happy to see Extralight. I have started to know you and to understand your work specifically with these images, some years ago.
A milestone for my photographic culture.

If I can make a personal remark, I think that the introduction could have been a little more extended - but I don't know if this was the original presentation at the time. I just believe that there is much more to say about your photographs than a few lines on geometry and white balance.

However, I see it has been a crucial moment for your artistic development, a moment that had traced a "before" and an "after".
It's a true delight to see it, can't wait to receive my copy...

Cheers!

[Gianni Galassi]

Thank you Stefano.
I definitely agree with you: that exhibition drew a line in my photography and was a great opportunity to understand where I was and what I was doing.
As for the intro, yes, it comes straight from the first edition. On the other hand Professor Strinati is a renowned art historian and critic and, despite all the omissions, a comment by him "adds" something to the book anyway.