From: Pam Niedermayer (pam@pinehill.com)
Date: 12/17/02-02:50:22 PM Z
Wow. Is this the Friends of Photography book?
Thanks,
Pam
Katharine Thayer wrote:
>...
>
>I was thinking of more aggressive manipulations; here's a description
>from a book I have about his work, essay by Stephen Brigidi and Claire
>V.C. Peeps:
>
>"From his earliest Paesaggio (landscape) images, Giacomelli felt free,
>if not compelled, to complete the imagery of his inner vision on the
>surface of the negative. His intention was not to deceive, but to boldly
>clarify his visual impressions for the viewer. In the Paesaggio series,
>he boldly etched in trees, mounds or gaping holes wherever they seemed
>appropriate. He also opaqued large ares of the negative, in this and in
>later series, to intensity his subject matter, or simply to rid the
>image of uninteresting information. Crudely and furiously applied, these
>marks are evidence of his impatience, of his desire to make the negative
>yield to his vision. Rarely does it appear that the camera is a willing
>accomplice in his image-making; it is instead an intractable instrument
>that he forces to his will. If Giacomelli's tyrannical relationship with
>the medium seems anathema to the American proponent of the fine print,
>it is important to understand it as appropriate to his nature and his
>vision."
>kt
>
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