Irving Penn
Still life with Watermelon, NY., 1947
Dye Transfer Print
21 1/2 × 17 1/4 in / 54.6 × 43.8 cm
$ 185,000.00
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Buyer pays for shipping br Technical data on how Penn did it: Camera: 8 x 10 Deardoff View Camera, Lens: 12' Goerz Dagor f.6.8, Film: Kodachrome Type B sheet film,...
Buyer pays for shipping br Technical data on how Penn did it: Camera: 8 x 10 Deardoff View Camera, Lens: 12" Goerz Dagor f.6.8, Film: Kodachrome Type B sheet film, Overhead multiple-source tungsten light, Exposure: 5 minutes at F64 The reason why photographers did such long exposures in classic photography was of the depth of field issues. Penn used a large view camera and to get an ultimate depth of field to create uniform sharpness and resolution from foreground to background required a very low aperture. For example, if Penn focused on the bread in the foreground the lemon in the background would not be share. Additionally, he corrected perspective in the management of swings and tilts