Saturday, March 6, 2010

The Louvre in Photopolymer





Three years ago I attempted to photograph at the Louvre with my 8x10 at night. Unfortunately for me, the security police at the courtyard in front of the pyramid informed me tripods were not allowed. So, no images taken. A year later, staying in the area around the Grand Palais, I pulled my trolly carrying the 8x10 and handcarried my Ries tripod the 1/2 mile back to the Louvre and Tulieries complex. Luckily, there were no police on this night, and I had two hours at night to shoot at will. I am posting two images printed with engraved photopolymer plates on Rives BFK paper. Persistance pays off.

3 comments:

christian said...

Hey Gary - this is just fabulous - as always. What you do with photo polymer gravure is miraculous.

Christo Stankulov said...

Yes, I agree with Christian, it's marvelous. I wanted to take night photos of the Eifel Tower, but I was told that I can not photograph it without a permission from the man who has put the lights on it. I need a model release for this assignement...

platinumphotographer said...

Hi Chris and Christo.....you read my comment on being refused to photograph the louvre at night with a tripod..same rules on Eiffel and Notre Dame. French games. I just kept trying and was lucky. Its an issue for a lot of people.