Lacock Abbey, England
Artist: Dick Arentz (American, born 1935)
Date: 1986
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 3/4 x 26 in. (55.2 x 66 cm);
Image: 11 7/8 x 19 5/8 in. (30.2 x 49.8 cm)
Medium: Platinum-palladium print
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor
Object number: 1988.20
Label Text:Dick Arentz began formal training in photography with Phil Davis at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1969. After finishing his studies he settled in Arizona and specialized in the production of large-scale silver contact prints. He returned to Ann Arbor in 1980 to continue his studies with Davis, concentrating on platinum prints. Arentz has since become one of the foremost authorities on the platinum-palladium process.
To produce this print, Arentz used a 1920s Folmer-Schwing camera that produces 12 x 20 inch negatives. The negative was then contact-printed onto platinum-palladium photographic paper. Intense ultra-violet light is necessary to transfer the image onto the platinum paper.
Lacock Abbey was the residence of a pioneer of photography, William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877). Talbot developed and perfected the calotype, an early process for producing an image on paper with light. For a more complete discussion of calotypes see Talbot’s Beech Trees, Lacock Abbey in this exhibition.
To produce this print, Arentz used a 1920s Folmer-Schwing camera that produces 12 x 20 inch negatives. The negative was then contact-printed onto platinum-palladium photographic paper. Intense ultra-violet light is necessary to transfer the image onto the platinum paper.
Lacock Abbey was the residence of a pioneer of photography, William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877). Talbot developed and perfected the calotype, an early process for producing an image on paper with light. For a more complete discussion of calotypes see Talbot’s Beech Trees, Lacock Abbey in this exhibition.
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