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Farm and Clouds, Mule Creek, New Mexico
Original Gelatin Silver Photograph by Alan Ross
Signed and numbered by artist
Negative: 1986
Mounted and overmatted with 4-ply archival museum board
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Artwork by Alan Ross
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Story Behind the Image
Returning to my home in San Francisco toward the end of a two-week-plus photo vacation through the Southwest, I opted to take a route I had never taken before. Cutting down through New Mexico’s El Malpais region towards Safford and Bisbee, Arizona, I passed through the micro-village of Mule Creek. Barely out of town, I noticed a small road winding through a field of tall, rich grasses, with some small buildings and marvelous New Mexico clouds as a backdrop. Never one to pass up a small and intriguing side road, I pulled over and realized I had the makings of a gem right in front of me.
I set up the 8x10 camera just at the side of the road. I wanted to darken the sky to accentuate the drama of the sky and clouds in relation to the farm, so used a red filter.
This is one of my absolute favorite images....I love the simplicity of the composition, and the stark contrast between man and Mother Nature.
About Artist
Alan Ross is an internationally respected master photographer and educator who expresses his unique vision with a combination of traditional photographic craftsmanship and today’s technology. His tonally exquisite photographs take the viewer from the grandeur of the American West to the changing faces of China to abstractions created by the relationship of objects both natural and man-made. Each image is a purely visual and emotional response to the subject matter, executed with an exacting eye and superior technical artistry.
Alan honed his vision and technique while working side-by-side with Ansel Adams in the field and in the darkroom as his full-time photographic assistant. He was integrally involved with Adams’ books, teaching in Yosemite, and production of fine prints. Alan was personally selected by Adams to be the exclusive printer of the Yosemite Special Edition Photograph negatives, an assignment he has enjoyed for nearly 50 years. As such, Alan knows Ansel’s approach and technique perhaps better than any other photographer today.
Print Information
Limited Edition Prints signed and numbered in an edition of 100. Each print is made personally by Alan Ross, printed either on Ilford Multigrade Classic fiber paper (SGP) and selenium toned or on Canson Platine paper (APP) using a Canon Pro-1000 printer and my personal printing profiles. Mounted and over-matted with 4-ply or 8-ply museum board using the most current industry standards for archival permanence.
Prices and availability subject to change without notice.
Ordering Information
Original photographs are hand-made, and not all sizes are kept in inventory.
Special orders from the photographer may take 4 to 6 weeks for delivery.
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