Big Picture The Artistry of d’Arazien by Arthur d’Arazien 2002, 128 pp ISBN 0-87338-751-1 Cloth, $45.00 courtesy of our partner, Atlas Books Call (419) 281-1802 to order by phone.

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This visually stunning retrospective gathers highlights of d'Arazien's unparalleled photogenic accomplishments.

Arthur d'Arazien's particular talent was to photograph American industry. He recorded with artistry, precision, and passion the powerful, emotional impact of giant machines, immense structures, and complex artifacts. His photographs are the result of meticulous planning and implementation on a grand scale. He was an experimenter and an innovator, pioneering such techniques as multiple exposures on a single sheet of film; lights in motion in the dark; and the use of reflectors, flash powder, and strobe lights to illuminate huge interior and exterior spaces. He experimented with films, cameras, lenses, focus, exposure, filters, and lighting to achieve just the right effects.

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Of related interest:

Portraits in Steel: An Illustrated History of Jones & McLaughlin Steel Corporation by David H. Wollman and Donald R. Inman

Steel Remembered: Photos from the LTV Steel Collection by Christopher J. Dawson