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| Artist Intro |
Pinhole photographer and fine art printer |
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Robert Mann
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When Robert Mann was eight years old he made his first photographic print before he had even taken a photograph. During the 1980’s he was involved with many experimental music and performance art projects incorporating visual installations with electronic and prepared instruments.
As chief photographer for Exposure Magazine in Los Angeles, Robert applied his strong talent in photographic printing to start a business in order to support his artistic endeavours. He soon became one of the most sought after photographic specialists, printing the work of Herb Ritts, Helmut Newton, Mary Ellen Mark and Sheila Metzner among others.
Robert now uses pinhole cameras exclusively to achieve his ethereal images and continues to print privately for a select group of photographers while producing his own works for gallery and museum exhibitions.
Artist’s Statement:
The pinhole camera has a way of suggesting objects rather than representing them. Its cumulative exposure produces effects that cannot be seen by the eye. Moving objects become translucent and gain a vibrating quality and some objects may become completely transparent in the process due to displacement during exposure. Once I’ve edited a group of negatives, I then print them in a highly variable process. A photographic image can be printed in thousands of ways, and the tactile quality of the print is as important as the choice of materials. The print constitutes half the aesthetic of the photograph. The darkroom is truly a place of alchemy where conscious decisions are made to evoke an unconscious allure.
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