Developer Trays
Language: English
Published by powerHouse Books,U.S., 2014
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Developer Trays is master photography printer John Cyr's tribute to the craft he has spent his career perfecting. Dedicated darkroom practitioners such as Cyr who continue to work with chemistry and processes more or less unchanged since the early days of the medium are few and far between. With an unrivalled passion for the darkroom and all its accoutrements, Cyr set out to document the actual developer trays of many of the world's most renowned photographers. Cyr celebrates in stunning large-format colour photographs the intimate materiality of the developer tray itself.
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- Title
- Developer Trays
- Author
- John Cyr
- Publisher
- powerHouse Books,U.S.
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 157687687X
- ISBN 13
- 9781576876879
With an unrivaled passion for the darkroom and all its accouterments Cyr set out to document the actual developer trays of many of the world's most renowned photographers. Cyr celebrates in stunning large-format color photographs the intimate materiality of the developer tray itself and the ephemeral presence of the artist within it. This revelatory work showcases the ubiquitous developer tray as an essential vehicle of analog photography that defies modern digital photographic advances: its material nature and functionality will not become obsolete.
Developer Trays presents its viewer with a rare glimpse into the darkroom experiences of many of the world's leading photographers. Each tray's physical appearance is a direct reflection of its treatment: the years of usage, the maintenance of it, the chemicals in the developer, and the level of print agitation. Every accumulated tong mark, silver deposit, and chemical stain seen in these photographs is the result of the artist's handling and a signature bearing the imprint of its artist.
Trays from many of the giants of photography, including: Ansel Adams, Eddie Adams, Tom Baril, Lillian Bassman, Edna Bullock, Wynn Bullock, Bill Burke, Ellen Carey, Mark Cohen, Lois Conner, Linda Connor, John Coplans, Valdir Cruz, John Cyr, Bruce Davidson, John Draper, Elliott Erwitt, Dan Estabrook, Andreas Feininger, Larry Fink, Abe Frajndlich, Leonard Freed, Adam Fuss, The George Eastman House, Ralph Gibson, John Goodman, Emmet Gowin, David Graham, Ed Grazda, Stanley Greenberg, Ted Hendrickson, Lizzie Himmel, Paul Himmel, Henry Horenstein, Sid Kaplan, Chuck Kelton, Michael Kenna, John George Kingsley, Builder Levy, O. Winston Link, Vera Lutter, Alen MacWeeney, Sally Mann, Edward Mapplethorpe, Chris McCaw, Amanda Means, Jim Megargee, Barbara Mensch, Richard Misrach, Andrea Modica, Abelardo Morell, The National Press Photographers Association, Arnold Newman, Olivia Parker, Philip Perkis, The Photo Studio of the American Museum of Natural History, The Photo Studio of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Photographic History Collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Sylvia Plachy, Eugene Richards, Stuart Rome, Ken Rosenthal, Alison Rossiter, Gary Schneider, Mark Seliger, Neil Selkirk, John Sexton, Mark Sink, Aaron Siskind, Joni Sternbach, Helen M. Stummer, George Tice, Eileen Travell, Jerry Uelsmann, Catherine Wagner, Harvey Wang, Hiroshi Watanabe, Kim Weston, Minor White, and Joel-Peter Witkin.
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About the Author
Lyle Rexer is the author of several books, including The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography (Aperture, 2009) and Photography's Antiquarian Avant Garde: The New Wave in Old Processes (Abrams, 2002). In addition, Lyle Rexer has published many catalogue essays and articles on art, architecture, and photography and contributed to such publications as The New York Times, Art in America, Aperture, BOMB, and DAMn. As a curator, he has organized exhibitions in the United States and internationally, most recently "The Edge of Vision," a selection of contemporary abstract photography. He teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York and is a columnist for Photograph magazine.
John Cyr is a Brooklyn based photographer, printer, and educator. Heearned his MFA from the School of Visual Arts and teaches at the International Centerof Photography in New York City. Cyr's photography is represented in many notablepublic and private collections including: George Eastman House InternationalMuseum of Photography, Rochester, New York; The Photographic History Collectionat the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Washington D.C.; and TheNew York Public Library, New York, New York. John Cyr is represented by CatherineEdelman Gallery in Chicago. Lyle Rexer is the author of several books, including TheEdge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography (Aperture, 2009) and Photography'sAntiquarian Avant Garde: The New Wave in Old Processes (Abrams, 2002). In addition, LyleRexer has published many catalogue essays and articles on art, architecture, andphotography and contributed to such publications as The New York Times, Art inAmerica, Aperture, BOMB, and DAMn. As a curator, he has organized exhibitions inthe United States and internationally, most recently "The Edge of Vision," a selectionof contemporary abstract photography. He teaches at the School of Visual Arts in NewYork and is a columnist for Photograph magazine.
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