Landscape photography between representation and abstraction: new adventures in print and tonality from scott b. davis

Californian photographer scott b. davis' (born 1971) recent work uses combinations of in-camera palladium paper negatives and traditional film-based platinum/palladium prints. The images explore the boundaries of visibility in the darkness and overwhelming light of the Sonoran Desert, creating pictures of landscapes that are both literal and abstract. The light and space found in the open desert are felt in these uniquely rendered images comprised of diptychs, triptychs and occasional works that include as many as 10 or 12 unique images in a series.

By using exposure to intense UV light, davis has pioneered a process that captures images invisible to the naked eye, creating prints rich in contrast to push the boundaries of the visible spectrum and the perceptual limits of human vision. His prints invite closer, deeper looking at landscapes that seem familiar to us in the daylight but evolve into something altogether different when rendered as abstract records of place. The aim is not to represent the desert as we think we know it, but to evoke an intimate connection with the desert through new perspectives.

具象与抽象之间的景观摄影：斯科特·B·戴维斯（scott b. davis）在印刷和色调方面的新冒险

加利福尼亚摄影师斯科特·B·戴维斯（生于1971年）最近的作品结合了照相机内的钯金纸底片和传统胶片铂/钯金印相工艺。这些照片探索了索诺兰沙漠在黑暗和强烈的光线中可见的边界，创造出既具象又抽象的风景照片。这些独特的照片由二联画、三联画和一系列多达10或12个独特照片的作品组成，可以感受到开阔的沙漠中的光线和空间。

通过暴露在强烈的紫外线下，戴维斯开创了一种捕捉肉眼看不到的图像的工艺，创造出具有丰富对比度的版画，以突破可见光谱的界限和人类视觉的感知极限。他的版画邀请我们更仔细、更深入地观察那些在日光下似乎很熟悉的风景，但当被渲染成地方的抽象记录时，就会演变成完全不同的东西。其目的不是为了表现我们认为自己了解的沙漠，而是通过新的视角唤起与沙漠的亲密联系。