By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
A Ship Called Dignity
Lagos, Nigeria - 2017
Available Sizes:
Standard
Edition of 12
Image Size: 37" x 52"
Framed Size (with a 5" mat): 52" x 67"
Large
Edition of 12
Image Size: 56" x 79"
Framed Size (with a 5" mat): 71" x 94"
A Small Artist Proof may be available upon request.
Price includes David Yarrow's custom black ash frame with white linen archival mat and UV protective acrylic.
The print is also available unframed and with custom framing options. Please inquire.
Archival Pigment Print. All prints are on 315gsm Hahnemühle photo rag Baryta paper and varnished after processing to give both endurance and sheen. Each is signed, dated and numbered on the front.
David Yarrow's narrative on "A Ship Called Dignity":
"Great photographs implicitly should be rare. They tend to be moments in time that can never be repeated. I have said – on record – that an affirming year for me would be three or more cracking images, but I recognise that this is actually still a demanding target, because for an image to transcend at every level requires a material amount of luck as well as creative courage and technical fluency. I cannot judge my own work but equally I always know what is mundane and I will always remain my greatest critic. Photographers can be reluctant to acknowledge how boring much of their work can be, but this is an area in which I have learnt.
In my mind, if a contemporary photograph is sufficiently powerful in content and evocative in light and line to be looked at for a long time, there is a chance that it has something which is art – not reportage. But there is a third variable needed to elevate an image to a higher pantheon – the dynamic of relevance. This is the most elusive of the “Holy Trinity” of factors I strive to attain. Wildlife portraits, for instance, no matter how threatened the animal in question might be to extinction, often fall down on this criterion. Such images can be immersive and visually compelling on the one hand – but lacking in a broader contemporary narrative on the other.
Last December, inspired by some aerial footage taken by the renowned Canadian photographer Ed Burtynsky...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
MaterialsArchival Pigment
