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Minutiae<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026the shapes nearest shapelessness awe us most, suggest the god.\u201d (A. R. Ammons)
\u201cBeauty is the Universal seen.\u201d (Alfred Stieglitz)*<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been working on this for several months now, and as far as I know, it\u2019s an original idea: make extremely tiny works which are designed to become \u201cart\u201d only after they are massively enlarged.<\/p>\n
In doing the art small, the intent shows thru, but the final image comes from processes beyond my control. The result is far more organic, and more pleasing, because the work was guided by the ultimate master: nature.<\/p>\n
Revealed are the intricacies of the tiny natural textures and minute realities around us. Some folks have called this work \u201cvery Zen.”<\/p>\n
Ever since as a child, lying in the grass and observing the tiny world hidden there, I\u2019ve found beauty in the incredibly small. Seeing my first snowflake changed my life.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been taking abstract macros for years, but in Minutiae, I\u2019m also designing the work to be photographed. Some of it is paper and ink; some is watercolor, some charcoal, but none is more that 1\/2 inch square. It is not just macro photography, but art specifically created to be greatly enlarged.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s also not merely a matter of \u201ctaking a picture\u201d either: each print requires the assembling (stacking) of an average of 20 individual images to achieve what is needed for a quality final print. Many hours of work goes into each final image.<\/p>\n
I plan to do a lot more of this, as I\u2019m really enjoying the result. I\u2019m printing extremely limited 5-print editions of these images.<\/p>\n
You can see them on my site at valleau.gallery.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Meanwhile, here\u2019s an idea of what\u2019s going on here:<\/p>\n
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I hope that you enjoy these as much as I\u2019m enjoying doing them!<\/p>\n
* (Both quotes taken from Robert Adams\u2019 magnificent \u201cBeauty in Photography.” If you care about photography as art, you need to read this brief and classic book.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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