Arthur D'Arazien 107 pages hardcover
This visually stunning retrospective gathers highlights of d'Arazien's
unparalleled photogenic accomplishments. Arthur d'Arazien's particular
talent was to photograph American industry. He recorded with artistry,
precision, and passion the powerful, emotional impact of giant machines,
immense structures, and complex artifacts. His photographs are the
result of meticulous planning and implementation on a grand scale. He
was an experimenter and an innovator, pioneering such techniques as
multiple exposures on a single sheet of film; lights in motion in the
dark; and the use of reflectors, flash powder, and strobe lights to
illuminate huge interior and exterior spaces. He experimented with
films, cameras, lenses, focus, exposure, filters, and lighting to
achieve just the right effects.
