Edmund Wyss on the nature of art and classic rangefinders...

[davidbivins]

...and other mechanical cameras.

Ned is a dear old friend of mine, and I just got around to reading this article he wrote. He's a remarkable painter, and his subject is often mechanical, mid-century cameras.

http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/2012/04/photo-realism-artist-edmund-wyss-on-his.html

Here are some more photos of him working in his studio in San Francisco (taken with a Leica MP):

http://homepage.mac.com/davidbivins/Ned in his studio, August, 2010/large-1.html

 

[furcafe]

Very cool. I wish he lived closer so I could commission him to paint portraits of some of my cameras.

...and other mechanical cameras.

Ned is a dear old friend of mine, and I just got around to reading this article he wrote. He's a remarkable painter, and his subject is often mechanical, mid-century cameras.

http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/2012/04/photo-realism-artist-edmund-wyss-on-his.html

Here are some more photos of him working in his studio in San Francisco (taken with a Leica MP):

http://homepage.mac.com/davidbivins/Ned in his studio, August, 2010/large-1.html

 

[jmilkins]

a great read and such detail in his art