The COLOR FILMS SERIES is an ongoing body of minimalist film compositions that pay homage to the practice of color theory and positions analog film as both an art medium and art object. The 12 prints in this selection from the COLOR FILMS series can be displayed individually or in combinations that fit the aesthetics of the client environment . There are two edition sizes and prints are available as acrylic face mounted prints or exhibition white unframed prints.
EKTACHROME #40, TRANSPARENCY FILM COMPOSITION, 9”x9” AND 20”x20”
EKTACHROME #41, TRANSPARENCY FILM COMPOSITION, 9”x9” AND 20”x20”
PICTURED: 20”x20” COLOR FILMS ACRYLIC FACE MOUNTED PRINTS (WITH FLOAT MOUNT) IN SITU. The 12 pieces in this COLOR FILMS series were designed to be displayed individually or in combinations that fit the aesthetics of the client environment.
In the COLOR FILMS series I use analog film with digital technology and the final pieces strike a balance between dream-like, vintage aesthetics and bright, focused, techno futurism. The minimalist vibe of the composition belies the complexity of the color gradation in the film layers and the presence of technical realism from the black film frames. For the observer, it My intention is that they be combined and arranged in any configuration that pleases the eye or compliments the design of the surroundings.
EKTACHROME #48, TRANSPARENCY FILM COMPOSITION, 9”x9” AND 20”x20”
EKTACHROME #52, TRANSPARENCY FILM COMPOSITION, 9”x9” AND 20”x20”
EKTACHROME #55, TRANSPARENCY FILM COMPOSITION, 9”x9” AND 20”x20”
20”x20” COLOR FILMS ACRYLIC FACE MOUNTED PRINTS (WITH FLOAT MOUNT). The 12 pieces in this COLOR FILMS series were designed to be displayed individually or in combinations that fit the aesthetics of the client environment.
EKTACHROME #57, TRANSPARENCY FILM COMPOSITION, 9”x9” AND 20”x20”
EKTACHROME #58, TRANSPARENCY FILM COMPOSITION, 9”x9” AND 20”x20”
EKTACHROME #62, TRANSPARENCY FILM COMPOSITION, 9”x9” AND 20”x20”
EKTACHROME #63, TRANSPARENCY FILM COMPOSITION, 9”x9” AND 20”x20”
20”x20” COLOR FILMS ACRYLIC FACE MOUNTED PRINTS (WITH FLOAT MOUNT). The 12 pieces in this COLOR FILMS series were designed to be displayed individually or in combinations that fit the aesthetics of the client environment.
PROVIA #64, TRANSPARENCY FILM COMPOSITION, 9”x9” AND 20”x20”
PROVIA #65, TRANSPARENCY FILM COMPOSITION, 9”x9” AND 20”x20”
ROLLEI #72, TRANSPARENCY FILM COMPOSITION, 9”x9” AND 20”x20”
This selection of COLOR FILMS takes inspiration from the color studies of 20th Century Japanese artist Sanzo Wada and his comprehensive book The Color Combination Encyclopedia, which catalogs over 300 color palettes that influenced art and design in Japan’s Taisho era (1912-1926) and Showa era (1926-1945). Sanzo Wada originally published six volumes of color studies (Haishoku Soukan) and identified hundreds of “base” colors — used in everything from kimono fabric to movie posters — from which he created over a thousand color palettes. Wada’s diligence and approach to the colors inspired my attempt to recreate the colors from 16 of his palettes on three different types of analog film - Fuji Provia, Kodak Ektachrome, and Rollei Superpan - by using digital RGB recreations of the color palettes to expose onto the films.
The experiment took over a year to complete and yielded a set of 128 color films that were used to make 78 compositions, from which 12 were chosen as prints in this new series. I wrote an extensive blog post about the process last year if you’d like to dig deeper into Wada and the COLOR FILMS series.
All compositions in the COLOR FILMS SERIES are part of a continuous, evolving study towards the pursuit of absolute minimalism in photography, and the compositions in this selection are the most concise to date. I continue to use analog film with digital technology because it strikes a balance between dream-like, vintage aesthetics and bright, focused, techno futurism. The minimalist vibe belies the complexity of the subtle color gradation in the film layers and the technical realism of the film frames. My intention is that they be combined and arranged in any configuration that pleases the eye or compliments the design of the surroundings.