Ryuijie 2005 Ice Form #51 - 11"X14" Signed Original Gelatin-Silver Photograph

Description: Recently found in storage In years past photographers such as, Weston, Adams, Newton, Wimberley, Penn, Avedon, and as you can see here, Ryuijie, made "Test/Press/Proof Photos" for reproduction purposes, and or to just see what a photo looks like before make a larger one. Test, press, and proof photos have become more and more valuable as photography prices have climbed over time. In the early 2000's, the big New York City auction house, Sotheby's had a auction of mostly press photos from the previous 50+ years. It's a great way to own a beautiful photo for a fraction of its current retail price. With the computer age now here forever there is not much need to go back into the darkroom to make photographs for reproduction or even to just proof. Ryuijie 2005 Ice Form #51 - 11"X14" Signed Original Gelatin-Silver Photograph Taken and printed in 2005Photo is in excellent condition!!Signed on the back along with date and title as shownAround 2001 Ryuijie began working on a body of photographs he called “Ice Forms.” The subject matter is botanicals frozen in blocks of ice, photographed in black and white with a large format camera, and printed on 20x24 silver gelatin paper. Around 10 years ago he expanded the series to include color. In both black and white and color, the ice is as important as the flowers it encases, providing an element of the unexpected and unpredictable. This element can be likened to the Japanese principle of wabi sabi—beauty in nature in all its imperfections. *******Need to know more about Ryuijie, just do a search on the net and many websites will come up.Found a short film about Ryuijie. Click link below to view.https://vimeo.com/89143252*****Ryuijie (1950- ) was born in Otaru, Japan. As a young child he moved with his family to the US and subsequently lived in many places; from Hawaii to New Hampshire, and again in Japan, until his father retired from the military. Throughout his childhood, Ryuijie showed a serious inclination to the arts. This interest began to materialize during his military service. While stationed in Guam, Ryuijie learned underwater photography while pursuing his long time interest in scuba diving. After his tour, he came back to the Monterey Peninsula, in California, where he attended college and began a successful career in lithography.His work has appeared in View Camera, Photovision, Camera and Darkroom, Black & White and Lenswork magazines. He has published three books Ryuijie: Photographs, Time and Place, and Fragments of Time, along with smaller catalogs. His first portfolio Ryuijie: Ten Photographs was published in 1990 and his second portfolio Ryuijie: Portfolio Two Platinum/Palladium was published in 2002. Ryuijie's current work involves large split toned black and white prints of frozen botanicals, and his third Portfolio, P-Square a selection of square photographs taken with a 2 ¼ Rollei camera. In October 2005 Ryuijie returned to his first love the landscape, abstraction, and creating panoramic visions of the natural world. Works by Ryuijie can be found in private and public collections world wide including the Getty in Los Angeles.Please note that the actual image size will be slightly different than the paper size listed above as this darkroom made photograph was handmade by Ryuijie, and required some minor custom cropping.The photos shown is of the item offered for sale. If you see any discrepancy in the title, specifics, etc., please let me know. Your satisfaction is guaranteed with this listing. You may return it within 14 days for a refund (less shipping).

Price: 280 USD

Location: Monterey, California

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