Tears and Tears

Tears and Tears

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Publisher's Synopsis

Determining the perfect exposure time for a photographic print in a traditional darkroom can be a time-consuming and tedious process, and the irreverent David Bailey has never had much patience for it. Normally a photographer makes a number of test strips, each showing different exposure times; but Bailey has always just intuitively torn off strips of the unexposed paper to find the desired result: "I would usually have it in the bag after three tears." Over the decades Bailey has kept his "test tears," re-fixing and washing them to preserve the unpredictable and unique qualities of these "accidents." This book contains a selection of Bailey's tears, which transform some of his most famous motifs into fascinating abstract pictures through their torn edges and myriad tones.

Book information

ISBN: 9783869309897
Publisher: Steidl
Imprint: Steidl
Pub date:
Edition: First edition
DEWEY: 779.092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 96
Weight: 1086g
Height: 369mm
Width: 340mm
Spine width: 16mm