{"product_id":"gabon-ii","title":"Gabon II","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Libre Franklin', 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/garthmeyer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eGarth Meyer\u003c\/a\u003e is a photographer and filmmaker who lives in South Africa. He holds a Photography Technician Diploma, an Advanced Diploma in Film and Television Production Techniques and a Master’s in Fine Art from the University of Cape Town. He won the ABSA KKNK Kanna Award in 2007 for Best South African Short Film for \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eBitter Water,\u003c\/em\u003e which he directed and filmed. In 2010, he had his first solo exhibition, Study of Trees, at the Rooke Gallery in Johannesburg. In 2011, this work was part of the group exhibition \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eEnvironment and Object: Recent African Art \u003c\/em\u003eat The Frances Young Tang Museum in New York. In the New York Times, he has included his work in a critical review by Mr. Holland Cotter. 2013, he was nominated for the Prix Pictet Global Award in Photography and Sustainability. He was part of a group show at the 2016 Johannesburg Art Fair with Warren Editions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Libre Franklin', 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: #000000;\"\u003eOver the past decade, he has worked on a body of stills documenting equatorial jungles in Africa and Southeast Asia. He has also made jungle scenes from the tropical  Amazon, having visited the jungle in April and May 2018. He is part of The African Film Library, and in 2012, he was published in the book South African Cinema 1896 – 2010 by Dr. Martin Botha. The book focuses on the many highly creative uses of cinematic form, style, and genre as set against South Africa’s complex and often turbulent social and political landscape. His current thematic exploration and investigation considers transgression and borders in South Africa. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Libre Franklin', 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eMeyer made photogravures in collaboration with Zhané Warren of images of the equatorial jungles of Congo and Rwanda in Africa and Sumatra in Southeast Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Libre Franklin', 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003ePhotogravure is both an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.warreneditions.com\/glossary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eintaglio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and photomechanical technique. The technique combines the details of photography with the densely pigmented inks of intaglio. Using pigmented inks and acid-free pulp paper makes photogravure the most archival print technique. For photogravure, a continuous tone positive is exposed to light-sensitive pigmented gelatin tissue bonded to a rosin-coated copper plate. An \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.warreneditions.com\/glossary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eaquatint\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e is critical to this tone-based technique.  After the gelatin is developed, the copperplate, with the image containing gelatin, is etched in baths of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.warreneditions.com\/glossary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eferric chloride\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e of different strengths. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.warreneditions.com\/glossary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eetching\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e commences with the extreme darks, moving through the tones to the lightest tone – pulling the etched copperplate from the ferric chloride once the bite reaches the extreme highlights. The technique accomplishes a full range of tones and attests to a high-quality fine art print.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Local Vendor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47742503485661,"sku":"garth-meyer_gabon-ii","price":12650.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/7261\/1293\/files\/garthmeyer-gabon-ii-cropped_1_8a8f72f5-720e-4f8d-aff7-bbd09fbc25e6.jpg?v=1775565736","url":"https:\/\/latitudes.online\/products\/gabon-ii","provider":"Latitudes Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}