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119 – contact sheet One of a series of images with the theme 'girls on film' (prompted by the 1980 Duran Duran hit, although their content has virtually nothing to do with those lyrics) which span a variety of silver gelatin and digital formats. Here I am elevating the physical form of the photographic image itself to artefact; think Marshall McLuhan The Medium is the Massage 1967; think Joe Tilson and Diapositive or Transparency, Clip-o-Matic Lips, the Five Senses: Taste et al 1967-9. 39 x 31cm on A3+ limited to 50 signed giclée prints For details of alternative sizes email me |
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This is what it says in its title, a contact sheet, a battered page from my files, the status of which I am raising to artefact. It is not a ready-made in as much as the craftsmanship is all mine – the make-up, the lighting and camerawork, the film processing and this presentation. A contact sheet is an array of images made by direct contact between the negative and the paper, typically from a single roll of film – in this case 6x6 cm negatives on roll film – and so normally the same size as the original image in the camera. Here is an example of the most basic method of producing a positive image from a negative, dating back to the nineteenth century and even now being translated into the digital age; this sheet is enlarged. Reviewing a contact sheet represents thinking and planning – essentially part of the creative process. © Colin Robinson 1968-2006 |
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