ENTRY DESCRIPTION
The bud of a pine tree a moment before it breaks free from its shell and unfolds its leaves in search of future majesty.
This photo was taken in the field, in Abruzzo, Italy, with natural light and no plants were cut.
To take the shot, a neutral background of light paper was placed behind the subject and, no artificial lights or flashes were used.
This photo is part of Native project.
The Giant is an original print made in the darkroom using only light sensitive paper. The image is printed on archival photographic paper which has been hand processed in a traditional darkroom.
AUTHOR
Francesco Mussida is an Italian photographer with deep knowledge in silver gelatin printing.
His works on plants reflect deep attention to the way nature expresses its language through forms, movements and propagations. For these works he chose the form of the portrait as a method of all-encompassing observation towards light, subject and air.
Each portrait is made in the field with the precise intention of respecting environmental influences. He chose a totally analog approach, using exclusively vintage cameras and following the methods of manual processing of film development and printing.
The mission behind this choice is to preserve a natural space between observer and observed subject, avoiding any kind of digital interpretation and always keeping involved natural variables such as light, time and emotions.
Since 2016 he has been teaching film development and analog printing techniques and runs a blog entirely dedicated to analog culture www.stampaanalogica.it
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