For
him, color can often be a distraction. "The use of black
and white heightens the graphic content and takes the experience
to another level, where the image rendered purely in terms of
form and tone is more of an abstraction with added dimension and
depth".
Photographs:A
Hasselblad camera for 120 film or Linhof Technika 2000 for 4x5
film is used with T-Max and Tri-X film. Special development procedures
for high contrast (night photography) situations are used. Black
and white selenium toned gelatin silver prints are produced by
the photographer in the traditional darkroom. Negatives that are
extremely difficult to print or mechanically flawed are scanned
at ultra-high resolution. Techniques that emulate regular darkroom
techniques to darken, lighten or vary contrast are employed digitally
and a negative is output from the final digital file. The new
master negative is then printed conventionally onto silver halide
paper in the wet darkroom.