Nude Triptych

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  Troy

• Apr 11, 2010

Eddie, these are great. An artistic leap, I think. Are the negs distressed as well? Did you run them thru a laminating machine? What kind of toner did you use? Love 'em!

 

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  Nicole

• Apr 11, 2010

Eddie, very nicely done.

 

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  eddie

• Apr 11, 2010

I'm using self-sealing laminating sheets. The larger negatives are hit with multiple bursts from a studio strobe, then developed. I then "chisel" out the area(s) for the smaller negatives. They are then laminated together. I leave the marks, from the chiseling, on the print. For the other work, using this technique, I do distress the background (4x5 or 5x7) negatives with sandpaper. I'm using sepia toner, which I selectively apply with small sponges, Q-Tips, etc.

 

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  gandolfi

• Apr 11, 2010

beautiful - and very suttle. I like that!

 

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  eddie

• Apr 11, 2010

Thanks for the comments. It is very satisfying to get input from people whose work I've admired for a long time. Not only does it provide instant gratification, it also helps to provide the incentive to produce more...
I'll try to get more of them up soon.

 

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  TheFlyingCamera

• Apr 11, 2010

This is REALLY different, and great. You must do more of this!

 

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  eddie

• Apr 11, 2010

FC- I plan on doing more. Models are hard to come by, though. Right now, I'm working on trying to put together more from the Reed series (posted earlier today). I have an art festival, in May, I'm preparing for. I don't think I can hang the nudes, so I'm working on other things, right now.
BTW- The Reed series is just south of National Airport.

 

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  bill spears

• Apr 11, 2010

Very nice - good work !

 

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  Vincent Brady

• Apr 11, 2010

Eddie this is interesting work, but on this occasion I feel that the middle picture should be a straight on shot on the model. As it is the emphasis is on the right hand side and not shared equally across the three pictures.

 

• Mac064

• Apr 12, 2010

Very interesting technique and really worth continuing with. I agree with Tex that maybe the composition would be stronger with a straight on shot in the centre, or maybe just two images facing each other? Also maybe bringing the whole composition down a little to the centre may strenghten it? Nice work though and you have got me thinking about selective sepia toning some of my own pieces. Many thanks for sharing this.