robert x Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Hello all - Not sure of where to post this, I thought that the philosophy section was probably best as this man really does some amazing work that makes you think......so here you go forum, make what you will of the master that I believe this man to be. I did a search of photo.net and found that Georges Rousse only pops up once, buried in a discussion about favorite photographers and with no examples of his work. I have just got back from a trip in France and spent a day in Arles, where I was pleased to find that in the museum opposite our hotel there was an exhibition of Georges Rousse, a photographer I was aware of, but whose work I had only ever seen in books (and once, a large print in a Paris law firm, which was quite stunning). So we paid our euros and went in. Rousse makes installations and then photographs them - the photo being the final "art-work". Alongside a large exhibit of past work, there were about four photographs that he had made at the museum (Musee Reattu, Arles) and the installations were still in place. I attach here four photos of one installation - the final one being the picture taken from the intended spot, showing the final work. These were taken on my girlfriends little IXUS - I have one from my SWC which is nice. I think GR uses a 5x4. I will also show another installation he did and my pic of it (I don't like the "words" so much, but pretty impressive - again they were taken on the IXUS) He seems hard to find on the web, but there is a pretty good gallery here, which was the only site to show much of what he does on the web. The prints are large (a meter square plus) and beautiful - at first they look photoshopped, then the light bulb clicks in your head and you see the beauty of it. first a link (to come back to after you have seen the pics below) http://www.rousseprojectdurham.com/ RX<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert x Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 zooming out a little......<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert x Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 a little more context<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert x Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 the final effect - please bear in mind this is taken by GR with a view camera and looks far far better than this quick effort of mine.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert x Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 here is another example showing what seems to be his recent departure into using words - his actual pictures of course are uncanny whereas mine look a bit cheap really - it just looks like he has dropped some PS text on top of the photo. I don't go for this so much, but it is still quite amazing to see it.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJHingel Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Robert, I agree with you that much of Georges Rousse's work has a depth and spell that makes it very beautiful. I think we will see more and more artists that work on the merging of various more traditional artistic forms of expression, installations one of them, and prolong the creative proces in photos and even photoshop. Interesting developments that we also will see more and more of on PN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclaren Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 <p>Think of the conic shape that is formed whenever a camera lens is positioned. Normally the content (light, image) moves from the open end of the cone, towards the lens, and into the camera, and the image is collected.</p><p>Here, the photographer has pushed content - and concept - in the opposite direction, projecting onto the scene with total precision and awareness of photographic and visual process. The final image can only be integrated when both perspectives (projection, collection) are considered.</p><p>Very interesting work.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john mackay Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 I checked out the Durham Project link as well. His work is amazing. Cheers...John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielborengasser Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 His play on spatial depth reminds me of the work of John Pfahl, a great landscape photographer who does similar somewhat installation-based photographs. I would recommend checking him out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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