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5.23.2012

Small, Square Photographs. Print them 8 by 8 inches or 6 by 6 inches and they seem so personal.






Olympus EP-2.

Marathon, Texas

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8 comments:

  1. lsumnersMay 23, 2012 at 1:53 PM

    I wish Sony (nex 7) had an option for square aspect. So easy to do in software.

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  2. mike.rosenlofMay 23, 2012 at 2:33 PM

    Nice.

    My standard printing size from 6x6 negatives is a 7x7 square on an 8x10 sheet of paper. Yup, in the darkroom.

    I think Mike over at The Online Photographer suggested that if you want your descendants to _want_ your collection of photos, don't print them huge.

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  3. christianMay 23, 2012 at 4:46 PM

    I absolutely love small prints - for one thing, I can paste several dozen of them on my wall.
    You might enjoy Masao Yamamoto's work, if you are not already familiar with it:

    http://www.yamamotomasao.jp/works_kawa_1.html

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  4. James WeekesMay 23, 2012 at 4:47 PM

    I love that size. My G3 is set to 1:1 most of the time and I print 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 from those files. In personal you picked out the perfect word to describe the size. My God, you can write too! Lovely examples.

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  5. atmtxMay 23, 2012 at 5:10 PM

    I really like these. Must go out to West Texas some day.

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  6. TravisMay 23, 2012 at 5:40 PM

    Inspiring.

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  7. Ernest TheisenMay 23, 2012 at 6:50 PM

    Wow those are beautiful.What a great idea. I am going follow James's lead and set my G3 up as he did. Travis is right, very inspiring. Ernest Theise

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  8. JimMay 23, 2012 at 6:58 PM

    I like square images and the neat cameras that make square images as their native format. I wish some camera company would make a digital camera with a square sensor and cropped rectangles instead of the reverse. Sigh.

    "It's hip to be square" Huey Lewis & The News

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