Fred
Herzog filmed his first color film in 1953, long before William
Eggleston and Stephen Shore made a serious tool for color art
photography.
He took up photography relatively late - at age 20. Then, in 1950 he bought a camera and started shooting his native Germany. Two years later he moved to Canada in search of work, and settled in Vancouver where he lives and works today. In 1953, Herzog took his first pictures in the streets, when he returned from work at the shipyard. Color film Kodachrome ISO10 severely limited him in technical terms, but he was not afraid to experiment, up to shoot with it at night. Photos of city streets, he then described as "a form of journalism."
Until 2007, his shots did not enjoy much success, but the photographer was not exactly known. But that all changed when his work exhibited at the Vancouver Art Gallery. For this exhibition, Herzog, who was then already in his seventies, restore old photos by scanning and processing, and breathed into them the lost brightness. After the exhibition, it drew attention to photographs began to print and publish entire albums.
Of course, it was not the first to photograph the streets in color, but it definitely was among those who first began to make large series of urban images.
He took up photography relatively late - at age 20. Then, in 1950 he bought a camera and started shooting his native Germany. Two years later he moved to Canada in search of work, and settled in Vancouver where he lives and works today. In 1953, Herzog took his first pictures in the streets, when he returned from work at the shipyard. Color film Kodachrome ISO10 severely limited him in technical terms, but he was not afraid to experiment, up to shoot with it at night. Photos of city streets, he then described as "a form of journalism."
Until 2007, his shots did not enjoy much success, but the photographer was not exactly known. But that all changed when his work exhibited at the Vancouver Art Gallery. For this exhibition, Herzog, who was then already in his seventies, restore old photos by scanning and processing, and breathed into them the lost brightness. After the exhibition, it drew attention to photographs began to print and publish entire albums.
Of course, it was not the first to photograph the streets in color, but it definitely was among those who first began to make large series of urban images.
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