an excerpt from the press release:
"Prepare to be amazed. See the world through the eyes of photographic visionaries and explore epic extended images."
s t r e t c h is a visual feast that transports the reader into some of the worlds most exciting environments. Featuring articles about, and interviews with top panoramicists including David Noton, Karen Kuehn, Everen Brown, Macduff Everton, Joe Cornish, Horst Hamann, Ben Porter and Mark Segal, the book presents an array of exhilarating images which convey a unique timeless, filmic quality.
s t r e t c h is a unique book that offers not only visual stimulation but a wealth of fascinating information on the history of panoramic photography, the types of cameras and accessories available, and the emerging technology of the digital darkroom. Furthermore, there is advice on methods of shooting, composition, exposure, movement, processing, printing, and displaying panoramas. The book is essential for photographers, students and anyone interested in unusual images, the visual arts and travel.
s t r e t c h illustrates a cross-section of techniques and dramatic effects that can be achieved using panoramic cameras. Everen Browns extraordinary 360-degree views place us in the centre of a Burmese temple, and on the roof of a Tibetan Monastery. Henry Reichholds Manumission Party is formed from over 250 separate images and converts over six hours of real time into a single snapshot, creating a surreal montage of clubbers partying at Ibizas shrine to hedonism.
Andrew Davidhazy's intriguing Karen-cone presents a nude female portrait in a morphed and distorted form, challenging our perceptions of traditional composition. Josef Koudelkas haunting images in black and white capture humanitys downfall in Beirut
and Berlin. Yet juxtaposed with these stark reflections is Koudelka's Northern Greece - a beautiful and untouched snow-scene which
has just as much electrifying impact.
This is a book that will appeal to anyone who likes unusual imagery, a collection of pans that have never appeared together before.
ALL IMAGES are COPYRIGHT (C)
above, left to right:
Everen Brown Macduff Everton Horst Hamann
Mark Segal A. Dazidhazy John Post
M.Westmoreland A.Davidhazy Tom Curley
PLEASE NOTE that these images from the book are not
all by Nick Meers, but are ALL copyrighted by their owners:
Please respect that photographers earn their living by selling imagery, and do not take kindly to having their work STOLEN. Indeed there is a law to protect copyright theft, Respect, please!
s t r e t c h is published by RotoVision
ISBN 288046692X. Hardback, 144 pages
you can buy it by clicking on the LINK to the left
