The Black Triangle, Czechoslovakia
Josef Koudelka's The Black Triangle, Czechoslovakia is a gelatin silver print that captures a striking geometric landscape element. The later printing process emphasizes the photographer's original vision with refined tonal qualities.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print, printed later.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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Photographs
May 16, 2019
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Artists in conversation
Michael Kenna
British · b. 1953
Kenna creates minimalist black and white landscape photographs with strong geometric forms and stark tonal contrasts, closely mirroring Koudelka's documentary yet deeply aesthetic approach to the natural environment in gelatin silver printing.
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Japanese · b. 1948
Sugimoto's black and white large format photography shares the same minimalist sensibility and precise geometric compositions found in this piece, using refined tonal qualities to transform landscapes into meditative and stark visual statements.
Sebastião Salgado
Brazilian · b. 1944
Salgado's documentary landscape photography in gelatin silver print captures stark natural environments with powerful compositional geometry and deep tonal range, reflecting the same raw and contemplative visual language present in Koudelka's work.
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