About the Prints

All prints are made from 4″x5″ Fujichrome Velvia transparencies, a classic slow-speed, high-resolution “slide” film. These are exposed with a single camera, a Toyo 4×5 field camera, and a set of four lenses by Rodenstock and Schneider. No filters are used. When everything is optimized, this large-format medium is capable of capturing exceptional shading and detail.

The image on the original film is brought to life on paper by a hybrid digital/photo-chemical printing process. The traditional transparency is scanned on a drum scanner to create a 300 megabyte digital file which serves as a vehicle for the color balancing, lightening, and darkening that was formerly done in the darkroom. Once the aesthetic interpretation is realized in the computer, the image is printed on fully-archival (non-fading) Fujicolor Crystal Archive Type-C paper, a traditional continuous tone photographic medium. The exposure is made by the red, green, and blue lasers of a Cymbolic Sciences LightJet printer, then processed in conventional chemistry. Each print is signed and numbered as part of a limited edition of 100, all sizes included. The prints are matted and mounted with acid-free archival materials.

Forefront Documentary

ForefrontWatch this public affairs program profiling Robert Turner and his work. Produced by Cox Comm. Channel 4, San Diego.

Boston Pops Commission

Boston PopsA montage of photos was projected behind the orchestra in Boston Symphony Hall during the Boston Pops 2007 Spring Season.

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Workshop

Bob has scheduled a new four day photography and digital printing workshop for April 24-27, 2009 in Santa Cruz, California.

Posters

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