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Shooting artifacts in difficult settings
Antigua Guatemala, a treasure under the volcano World class art found in Mayan monumentalism A visit to the Petén, a threatend jungle These stories below coming soon! Highland architecture in transition Salvadorians love a precious life amid violence Painters show divergent styles Rick's conversion to BMW motorcycles And what about Mercedes Fifteen minutes before the mast |
Rick Hillman's documentary photography, enhanced with the latest digital
technology, has transformed his business of creating images. At
hillmanimages.com Rick provides a series of stories that go with
collections of images, the table of contents at the left. These
will be the basis for articles for publication. And selections of
the images are available as archival digital prints, mounted in
acid free mats in black anodized frames glazed with UV filtered
plastic or glass. But the point of all this high tech presentation is not to make things complex but to simplify. As the line between documentation and illustration draws tighter, so does reality and imagination. For scientific documentation the objective is legibility without destroying the detail. For travel photography, making a place attractive would seem appropriate. And for objects, whether automobiles or artifacts, form, texture, color and design must be accurate and articulate. Edward Weston said 80 years ago, the most important part of photography is the subject and the light that falls on it. This remains the form's essential truth, despite shift in paradigm which makes digital enhancements easier to effect. |
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