Chris McCaw
Sunburn GSP #65 (Nevada), 2007
Unique silver print
15 7/8 x 20 inches
Signed with copyright insignia, titled and dated verso.
Unique.
Signed with copyright insignia, titled and dated verso.
Unique.
Chris McCaw is an American photographer whose work engages with 19th-century landscape photography, analog techniques, and the collaborative role of the sun in relation to photographic image-making, For his “Sunburn”...
Chris McCaw is an American photographer whose work engages with 19th-century landscape photography, analog techniques, and the collaborative role of the sun in relation to photographic image-making,
For his “Sunburn” series,McCaw utilizes a large-format camera and a lens typically employed for military surveillance and exposes expired darkroom paper (rather than film) for an extended period of time. These lengthy exposures result in unique, seared and solarized works which are wholly contemporary yet recall the nascence of the medium - specifically the work of Nicéphore Niépce or Henry Fox Talbot.
Since 2006, McCaw has created over 1100 unique works for the "Sunburn" series, this being the 65th, a particularly early example. It is reproduced in his book "Sunburn."
For his “Sunburn” series,McCaw utilizes a large-format camera and a lens typically employed for military surveillance and exposes expired darkroom paper (rather than film) for an extended period of time. These lengthy exposures result in unique, seared and solarized works which are wholly contemporary yet recall the nascence of the medium - specifically the work of Nicéphore Niépce or Henry Fox Talbot.
Since 2006, McCaw has created over 1100 unique works for the "Sunburn" series, this being the 65th, a particularly early example. It is reproduced in his book "Sunburn."