never seen Turrell’s work in person but have always wanted to, especially Roden Crater.

I was initially drawn to it because of the German photographer who shoots most of his installation views, Florian Holzherr. he has a very strict, Germanic style of documenting the work that I found inspiring when I used to work as a high-end photo technician.

part of that style is due to the rigor of shooting with a large format camera, which forces you to compose on a groundglass with an etched grid and then follow a set of actions to make the image: close the lens, set the aperture, cock the shutter, remove the dark slide, release the shutter, and re-insert the dark slide before handing off the film for processing at a lab.

it’s hard to explain but the large format camera always lends a certain quality to the resulting images, a certain distance and objectivity. nowadays we use digital backs instead of sheet film, but the process remains similar.

https://www.friendsoffriends.com/workplaces/florian-holzherr/

If you are in NYC, there’s a Turrell at MOMA PS1

I used to live a few blocks away, and it’s free to go in there for residents

Was a WFH sanctuary. I could go and sit in there at lunch. And I also even went once at sunset which I highly recommend if you can 

Time lapse

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PS1 is a gem. And Turrell is a privilege. Still havent seen any of them. 

Off-topic but the Sweetleaf down the street was a solace for me

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I lived right across the street from that. I really miss it there. I was such a dumbass to give up that life

Lived in Bushwick then Forest Hills. Loved taking the G up to that area.
Yup, think the same thing sometimes. It’s a special place, nowhere like it.