http://www.darrensamuelson.com Darren Samuelson Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:18:50 +0000 http://www.darrensamuelson.com en http://darrensamuelson.com/From-the-Road-2011 http://darrensamuelson.com/following/darrensamuelson.com/From-the-Road-2011 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:18:50 +0000 Darren Samuelson 1707478 These photographs were taken during a road trip I took with my father in the summer of 2011. We travelled around the country, stopping to see friends, family, various parks, monuments, and other attractions. All photographs were taken with my 14x36 inch panorama camera. Exhibition Statement: Darren Samuelson built an ultra large format camera as a tool to experiment with 14×36 inch x-ray film. 70 pounds of carefully constructed red oak, steel, and 6-foot bellows, along with an entire set of custom made film holders, processing and printing tools make both shooting and developing a photo a laborious task that results in a truly unique image. The prints showcased in this exhibition were gathered from trials on his back porch, San Francisco landscapes, and a road trip across the U.S. The character of these images comes from both the experimental nature of the camera and the orthochromatic register of x-ray film which more closely aligns with film before the 1920s. In their iconic subject matter and aesthetics, these photos reach back to the first applications of photography. Darren is a self-taught photographer, freelance designer, and part-time chef. He works with many camera sizes–medium, large, and ultra large, and always with film. He is a bay area native who lives and works in San Francisco. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/Niagara_1280_1.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/Niagara_1280_1_o.jpg" data-mid="9560358" border="0" align="left"/>Niagara Falls <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/Niagara2_1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/Niagara2_1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048210" border="0" align="left"/>Niagara Falls <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/CastleGeyser1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/CastleGeyser1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048193" border="0" align="left"/>Castle Geyser, Yellowstone, Wyoming <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/Deadwood1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/Deadwood1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048195" border="0" align="left"/>Deadwood, South Dakota <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/DTower1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/DTower1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048197" border="0" align="left"/>Devils Tower, Wyoming <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/DTowerW1280_6.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/DTowerW1280_6_o.jpg" data-mid="10048714" border="0" align="left"/>Devils Tower, Wyoming <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/fireworks1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/fireworks1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048201" border="0" align="left"/>Fireworks, Eastaboga, Alabama <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/Kalona1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/Kalona1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048204" border="0" align="left"/>Amish Barn, Kalona, Iowa <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/lincoln1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/lincoln1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048207" border="0" align="left"/>Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/NewLondon1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/NewLondon1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048209" border="0" align="left"/>New London, Connecticut <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/badlands1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/badlands1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048191" border="0" align="left"/>Pinnacles Lookout, Badlands, South Dakota <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/nola1_1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/nola1_1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048214" border="0" align="left"/>Jackson Square, New Orleans <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/nola2_1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/nola2_1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048220" border="0" align="left"/>New Orleans from Algiers, Louisiana <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/nola3_1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/nola3_1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048223" border="0" align="left"/>St. Louis Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/NYC_1_1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/NYC_1_1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048227" border="0" align="left"/>New York, New York <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/NYC_2_1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/NYC_2_1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048230" border="0" align="left"/>New York, New York <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/NYC_3_1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/NYC_3_1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048235" border="0" align="left"/>New York, New York <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/Ohatchee1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/Ohatchee1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048241" border="0" align="left"/>Fulghum Fibres, Ohatchee, Alabama <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/OSM1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/OSM1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048244" border="0" align="left"/>Orange Spring Mound, Yellowstone, Wyoming <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/saturnV_1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/saturnV_1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048245" border="0" align="left"/>Saturn V Rocket, Huntsville, Alabama <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/SaturnV1_1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/SaturnV1_1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048248" border="0" align="left"/>Saturn V Rocket, Huntsville, Alabama <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/seaside1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1707478/seaside1280_o.jpg" data-mid="10048252" border="0" align="left"/>Seaside Sanatorium, Waterford, Connecticut http://darrensamuelson.com/a-small-collection-2007-to-2011 http://darrensamuelson.com/following/darrensamuelson.com/a-small-collection-2007-to-2011 Sun, 08 May 2011 18:19:46 +0000 Darren Samuelson 1414324 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/LE800.jpg" width="670" height="531" width_o="1009" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/LE800_o.jpg" data-mid="7174253" border="0" align="left"/>Land's End <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/lands_end_1280_white.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/lands_end_1280_white_o.jpg" data-mid="7173167" border="0" align="left"/>Mile Rock Beach, Land's End <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/LP800.jpg" width="670" height="482" width_o="1112" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/LP800_o.jpg" data-mid="7174283" border="0" align="left"/>Lafayette Park <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/CB1_1280.jpg" width="670" height="523" width_o="1280" height_o="1001" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/CB1_1280_o.jpg" data-mid="7173683" border="0" align="left"/>China Basin <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/LN1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/LN1280_o.jpg" data-mid="7173728" border="0" align="left"/>Prayer Wheels, Lake Namtso, Tibet <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/YN1280.jpg" width="670" height="419" width_o="1280" height_o="802" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/YN1280_o.jpg" data-mid="7173775" border="0" align="left"/>Laohuzui Rice Terraces,Yunnan, China <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/BC800.jpg" width="670" height="520" width_o="1030" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/BC800_o.jpg" data-mid="7174142" border="0" align="left"/>国家体育场 (Beijing National Stadium) <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/TB1280.jpg" width="670" height="421" width_o="1280" height_o="805" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/TB1280_o.jpg" data-mid="7173875" border="0" align="left"/>Tugboat <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/AT1280.jpg" width="670" height="511" width_o="1280" height_o="978" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/AT1280_o.jpg" data-mid="7173898" border="0" align="left"/>Alcatraz <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/CB2800.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1066" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/CB2800_o.jpg" data-mid="7174335" border="0" align="left"/>Shipyard <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/BA800.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="1027" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/BA800_o.jpg" data-mid="7174093" border="0" align="left"/>Traffic <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/CB3_800.jpg" width="670" height="534" width_o="1002" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/CB3_800_o.jpg" data-mid="7174203" border="0" align="left"/>The Mercy <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/BH800.jpg" width="670" height="530" width_o="1011" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/BH800_o.jpg" data-mid="7174423" border="0" align="left"/>San Francisco Early Morning <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/BB1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/BB1280_o.jpg" data-mid="7174497" border="0" align="left"/>Bodega Bay <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/4EM800.jpg" width="639" height="800" width_o="639" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414324/4EM800_o.jpg" data-mid="7175034" border="0" align="left"/>Four Embarcadero Center http://darrensamuelson.com/new-ultra-large-work-2011 http://darrensamuelson.com/following/darrensamuelson.com/new-ultra-large-work-2011 Sun, 08 May 2011 17:17:23 +0000 Darren Samuelson 1414136 All of the equipment used to create these photos is built from scratch with exception to the lenses. Due to the very large size of the film(14x36 inches), and the fact that it's film, imperfections abound, adding to the unique character of the work. If you want to know more about this process, visit my blog: darrensgreatbigcamera.com <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/1280x800_white.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/1280x800_white_o.jpg" data-mid="7114870" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/02_1280_white_3.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/02_1280_white_3_o.jpg" data-mid="7130138" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/04_1280_white.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/04_1280_white_o.jpg" data-mid="7115314" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/02_1280_white.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/02_1280_white_o.jpg" data-mid="7115199" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/02_1280_white_5.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/02_1280_white_5_o.jpg" data-mid="7115573" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/01_1280_white.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/01_1280_white_o.jpg" data-mid="7115447" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/05_1280_white.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/05_1280_white_o.jpg" data-mid="7115851" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/My_Guiness_1280_10.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/My_Guiness_1280_10_o.jpg" data-mid="7198565" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/02_1280.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/02_1280_o.jpg" data-mid="7575932" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/03_1280_white.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/92660/1414136/03_1280_white_o.jpg" data-mid="7117879" border="0" align="left"/>