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/

i broke into rodin crater under cover of night and did shrooms w some friends when i was a kit. even early days without electricity it was pretty glorious

That sounds like quite the adventure! Experiencing art and nature in such a raw, surreal way is a story worth keeping. Those are the memories that shape us!