"Breathe"
The project "Breathe" began as a protest against todays digital image consumption.
I have chosen a process and a technique that demands time and patience, which leads to another consciousness, both in my work and about myself.
My focus is on the human. The slow changes of a face in front of the lens are very revealing.
The exposures used are quite long, demanding patience and understanding from the subject and from myself.
I am currently working on the book for "Breathe".
I'm using an Kodak 8x10 inch view camera from 1904 with silver gelatin paper as the negative. The paper ISO varies, but I have found consistent results with ISO at 5 and my aperture wide open at f8. The times range from a couple of seconds to a minute or two, depending on the light situation. I develop the paper-negative in normal B&W paper chemistry. After that I make a contact print, which becomes the final positive.
There is something honest and magical what happens while using this process and the 8x10 view camera. I think that somehow an organic connection is established.
I'm a 32 year old photographer from New York who has been living in Sweden for the past 8 years. I'm doing advertisment as a day job which leaves me time and extra resources to pursue my personal photographic projects.
By: Benjamin Goss
COPYRIGHT NOTICE ©2010
Copyright ©Benjamin Goss, All rights reserved. This photo is not to be used as free stock.
Use without written consent by the author (Benjamin Goss) is illegal and punishable by law.
The project "Breathe" began as a protest against todays digital image consumption.
I have chosen a process and a technique that demands time and patience, which leads to another consciousness, both in my work and about myself.
My focus is on the human. The slow changes of a face in front of the lens are very revealing.
The exposures used are quite long, demanding patience and understanding from the subject and from myself.
I am currently working on the book for "Breathe".
I'm using an Kodak 8x10 inch view camera from 1904 with silver gelatin paper as the negative. The paper ISO varies, but I have found consistent results with ISO at 5 and my aperture wide open at f8. The times range from a couple of seconds to a minute or two, depending on the light situation. I develop the paper-negative in normal B&W paper chemistry. After that I make a contact print, which becomes the final positive.
There is something honest and magical what happens while using this process and the 8x10 view camera. I think that somehow an organic connection is established.
I'm a 32 year old photographer from New York who has been living in Sweden for the past 8 years. I'm doing advertisment as a day job which leaves me time and extra resources to pursue my personal photographic projects.
By: Benjamin Goss
COPYRIGHT NOTICE ©2010
Copyright ©Benjamin Goss, All rights reserved. This photo is not to be used as free stock.
Use without written consent by the author (Benjamin Goss) is illegal and punishable by law.
