Misha de Ridder: Wilderness
Monday, June 4, 2007
Wilderness 11:38 AM PST, 2003
© Misha de Ridder
Dune, 2006
© Misha de Ridder
Ever since landscapes and natural vistas have been depicted in paintings, photographs and films, the viewer has been able to have the experience, to feel that he can not only be at the site, but can also find himself in the world of the artist – in the skies of Van Ruysdael, on the beaches with Rineke Dijkstra’s young girls.
—Maria Barnas
Misha de Ridder’s photographs demonstrate an experience of nature and quite simply, though he won’t admit it, the beauty of color photography.
Wilderness, Artimo, 2003
© Misha de Ridder
The book of de Ridder’s Wilderness images is very interesting. In the book, the lushly photographed scenes alternate with enlarged details from the wilderness compositions that emphasize the four-color separation methods used in commercial printing.
But, it gets better. The book’s pages are perforated for easy removal as the included images can be assembled to create two wall sized installations, each 1644×2082 mm (64.5×82.1 inches):
Wilderness wall-sized installation images
© Misha de Ridder
Check out his website for more images and read this review to gather a bit more about his intent… and werewolves.
Popularity: 18% [?]
June 11th, 2007 at 10:52 am
just from a quick look at his website i think that some pictures are far more compelling than others, but this is pretty much right up my alley.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
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