photography - News - Actualités - Les Observatoires du Clain2024-03-29T10:13:29Zhttp://debeerst.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/photographyThe hype of the photographic regressionhttp://debeerst.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-hype-of-the-photographic-regression2015-04-03T08:06:03.000Z2015-04-03T08:06:03.000ZXavierhttp://debeerst.ning.com/members/Xavier<div><p>I've been searching for a photo to illustrate this message.  Couldn't find a real good image.</p>
<p>The interest in the old photographic techniques gives me a feel good.   Wonderful evolution in the mind of photographers to research the history of their medium.  They discover new techniques and tricks. </p>
<p>Contemporary photographers make Daguerreotypes, salt prints, calotypes, etc.  Wonderful.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Now the photographers talk again about dark rooms, chemistry, sorts of paper and alchemy.  It's all about the old techniques.<br />
I've been there.  Did the same thing in the 1980's.  I also made for years gum prints, cyanotypes, platinum prints, etc.  For me it was a death end street.  The techniques worked very well.  Great results.  Sometimes very complex images make in combination prints.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">None of the photographers who use this old processes talk about the image language.  Every printing technique has it's own language.  This image language is related to the limitations and possibilities of the technique.  Most of the contemporary calotypes and Daguerreotypes you see are bad snapshots.  The old technique doesn't ad anything to the image.  It's a huge wast of time and efforts.  Photographers should concentrate on the basics of photography: communication.</p>
</div>Belgian Photography for Salehttp://debeerst.ning.com/profiles/blogs/belgian-photography-for-sale2015-03-25T13:24:47.000Z2015-03-25T13:24:47.000ZXavierhttp://debeerst.ning.com/members/Xavier<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314840035?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p></p>
<p>The history of Belgian photography isn't the history of pioneers.  Belgium was the third country after France and the UK that was involved in the history of photography.</p>
<p>Belgian photography is characterized by craftsmanship.  What means you can discover fantastic photographers in all styles.  Not the inventors but users.  The Association Belge de la Photographie (APB, or Belgian Photography Association) was international highly esteemed.  The APB was founded by the young Belgian government (Belgium was founded in 1830) to promote the new country worldwide.  So standard for the members was very high.</p>
<p>Photography connoisseurs and collectors know very well Belgian photography.  Unfortunately you don't often find the Belgian photography in museums.  You need to look into private collections to find the jewels.</p>
<p>Since I started the <a href="http://www.anamorfose.be" target="_blank">Anamorfose Photo Gallery</a> I promoted the <a href="http://www.anamorfose.be/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=belgium" target="_blank">Belgian photography</a> by an international public.  It is also the base of the gallery inventory.</p>
<p>Now we are looking for a new home for our Belgian Photography collection.  It's a unique opportunity to acquire Fine Art Photography..</p>
<p>Don't hesitate to <a href="mailto:xavier@anamorfose.be" target="_blank">contact me</a> if you should be interested in Belgian Photography.</p>
</div>A personal history of photographyhttp://debeerst.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-personal-history-of-photography2015-03-25T09:41:35.000Z2015-03-25T09:41:35.000ZXavierhttp://debeerst.ning.com/members/Xavier<div><p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;" class="font-size-2">A personal history of photography Photography is malicious and dark Following two historical Collector’s Room Updates (pictorialism and modernism) the third Update is a unique perspective on photography and its history with images exploring the boundaries of conventional photography. Photography as a medium explodes and loses its traditional connotations. Historically accurate but not educational. A thematic group exhibition with original photographs by: E.E. Barnard (USA), Nikolaï Kossikoff (BE/RU), Isaac Roberts (UK), NASA (USA), Roscosmos (RU), Alan A. Dutton (USA), Anthony Beresford-Cooke (UK), Puiseux & Loewy (FR), Marcel Mariën (BE), Bruno Vermeersch (BE), Germaine Krull (DE), Mount Palomar Observatory (USA), anonymous Chinese and Russian photographers.</span></p>
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