Bob Karhoff's "Panoramics" (Was: Re: Help me find...)

John,

Thanks for this inspiring reference. These are quite interesting
panoramic images. I wonder if anyone on this list is doing this kind of
work.

My own explorations this summer with pinhole photography actually led me
to producing a similar kind of imagery using 120 film (both color and
B&W). The panoramic-format images I produce are 2 1/4 x 16" (with
about 11 to 12 different images interwoven into one another) and are
contact printed directly on photo paper from 120 negative film.
 
At this stage, my stuff is far from being as articulate as that of
Karhof. In fact it is still very much experimental and there are still
a couple of unresolved problems with my pinhole camera.

The process involves quite a bit of anticipatory planning. Each
multi-image "panoramic" print has to display overall internal
consistency in the sequencing of the individual images it is made of.
It's something like working on the sequencing of an exhibition on a
gallery wall: there has to be overall unity in the theme, the
color/contrast range, etc...
 
But the constraint is that you have to create the consistency as you go
along, before you even know what the individual pictures making up your
panoramic will look like... In fact, "luck" is a critical ingredient
since you have no real control over the way each image will blend into
the next one to create the final panoramic.

Obviously, Karhof has worked in this area for quite some time now and
his work is beautiful.

I've become addicted to this stuff myself and I'd be happy to hear from
anyone on the list experimenting with this kind of "panoramic" imagery.

Best wishes,

Guy Glorieux

John Yeo wrote:
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> Was it http://www.casema.net/~bkarhof/
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> John
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Received on Sun Oct 22 22:45:18 2000