RON SMITH ARPS
My panel explores the interiors of some grand buildings which share the characteristic of vast space and intricate detail.
These interiors are too extensive for a single glance. A visitor’s eyes must look ahead; then up; to the left and the right; and then down. Only in their mind’s eye are these separate views assembled into the single vision.
My camera has followed my eyes, taking individual pictures in each direction from one spot, and typically covering a full 180 degree swing.
I have worked to two critical rules: the information content should be preserved without deliberate modification; where possible the verticals will appear straight
My aim is that the final print so matches the mind’s virtual assembled vision that the viewer is convinced they are seeing the reality... as in a true sense, they are.
(Technical note: The digital joining of images is done “by hand and eye”, the commercial stitching programmes not giving me satisfactory results.)
RONALD SMITH
17 November 2007
RON SMITH'S ARPS INDIVIDUAL IMAGES
