Hiroshigi...who photographs with him in mind?

[jtk]

I've made a photo with Hiroshigi in mind...but that is only a reference, not at all like something Hiroshigi made.

I'd like to print in a way that DOES suggest a wood block print (like a Hiroshigi).

I'd like to do that with inkjet, but I suspect photo silkscreen would be the answer.

Have you attempted a Hiroshigi?

Do you know someone who has? Got links?

https://video.search.yahoo.com/sear...308eaeeea63f47e9ff3c4602af055f07&action=click

 

[jvo]

check out brooks jensen and lenswork online (particularly his kokuro series) - certainly similarly inspired.

maybe some of barbara cranes' work?

 

[jtk]

Thanks! I'll pursue those links. What about you ?

 

[jim10219]

Jeff Wall did that "A Sudden Gust of Wind" after Hokusai. Not exactly what you mean, but close, maybe?

You could achieve a similar look, with less effort than making a woodblock print, and less equipment than making a silk screen, with a gum bichromate or casein print. You can either get your color separations in software and use digital negatives, or do it in film using colored filters on B&W film like how they did in the old lithographic print industry when plates were essentially ultra large format films and the image setters were actual cameras.

I am currently working with some similar methods pursuing a similar look, though my inspiration is very different. As of yet, however, I'm still in the preliminary stages, and don't really have anything to show other than test prints of color swatches and such.

 

[nmp]

Here one such method by someone:

https://atelierdigital.wordpress.com/2008/08/24/using-photoshop-to-create-a-woodblock-print/

You can probably find some more examples on google.

:Niranjan.

 

[jvo]

the aesthetic appeals to me, although when i'm out and about i channel more toward ralph gibson. it certainly has its appeal but i never spend enough time at photography!

 

[eddie]

I tried to get a woodblock effect, using film. While I think I got the desired look, I'd be limited by my lack of drawing skills in taking it to another level:

 

[jtk]

Thanks all!
Niranjan's link has real potential with the particular Hiroshigi image...

More?

 

[4season]

I'm intrigued, but am not sure how I'd go about it.

I like "Katsura Sunshine"'s ukiyo-e lessons - some prints conveyed far more of a story to contemporary audience than I would have imagined:
https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?p=dive+into+ukiyo-e

 

[jtk]

here are some images of wood block prints, made intentionally for mass publication...originally.

That "mass publication" factor seems to presage photography. I'm especially attracted to the simplified tones, the graphic ambitions, and the stories they often tell. Analogous to haiku.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/sea...zYw--?p=ukiyo-e+floating+world&fr=tightropetb

 

[nmp]

here are some images of wood block prints, made intentionally for mass publication...originally.

That "mass publication" factor seems to presage photography. I'm especially attracted to the simplified tones, the graphic ambitions, and the stories they often tell. Analogous to haiku.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/sea...zYw--?p=ukiyo-e+floating+world&fr=tightropetb

The way I understand, you would have to first split the picture into several colors representing important elements using high contrast selection masks. The picture would then be re-created by using fill layers with appropriate color and mask combination slacked on top of each other. In real woodblock printing, the wood block is a layer, carving is masking and the fill color is the pigment or ink put on the block.

Other effects like mis-registration, ink splii-over, spreading, wood texture, etc can be added to make it more sophisticated and realistic.

Seems like a good challenge. I like the idea though....

:Niranjan.

 

[jtk]

Details:

I bought the Mitchner book. Astounding amount of detail ..said to be the ultimate expert...

The accepted English spelling is "Hiroshige"...a Japanese speaker tells me that proper pronunciation is "Hiroshig-eh".