Christopher Williams: For Example: Dix Huits Leçons Sur La Société Industrielle (Revision 7)
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Location
Dates
February 14—March 29, 2008
Artist
Christopher Williams
Mustafa Kinte (Gambia) Camera: Makina 67 506347 Plaubel Feinmechanik und Optik GmbH Borsigallee 37 60388 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Dirk Schaper Studio, Berlin, July 20th, 2007, 2008
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Christopher Williams
Mustafa Kinte (Gambia) Camera: Makina 67 506347 Plaubel Feinmechanik und Optik GmbH Borsigallee 37 60388 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Shirt: Van Laak Shirt Kent 64 41061 Mönchengladbach, Germany Dirk Schaper Studio, Berlin, July 20th, 2007, 2008
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Christopher Williams
Pacific Sea Nettle, Chrysaora Melanaster, Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific, 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, California, September 5, 2007, 2008
Gelatin silver print
24 x 20 inches (61 x 50.8 cm)
Christopher Williams
Untitled (Study in Yellow and Red/Berlin) Dirk Schaper Studio, Berlin, June 21st, 2007 (No. 1), 2008
C-Print
20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Christopher Williams
Cutaway model Nikon EM. Shutter: Electronically governed Seiko metal blade shutter, vertical travel with speeds from 1/1000 to 1 second, with a manual speed of 1/90th. Meter: Center-weighted Silicon Photo Diode, ASA 25-1600, EV 2-18 (with ASA film and 1.8 lens). Aperture Priority automatic exposure. Lens Mount: Nikon F mount, AI coupling (and later) only. Flash: Synchronization at 1/90 via hot shoe. Flash automation with Nikon SB-E or SB-10 flash units. Focusing: K type focusing screen, not user interchangeable, with 3mm diagonal split image rangefinder. Batteries: Two PX-76 or equivalent. Dimensions : 5.3"" x 3.38"" x 2.13"" (135mm x 86mm x 54mm), 16.2 oz (460g). Photography by Douglas M. Parker Studio, Glendale, California, September 9, 2007 - September 13, 2007, 2008
C-Print
20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm)
Christopher Williams
One of 406 Ceiling Panels (23 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches each) Covered on the back with striped paper (green and white) Each Stripe is 8.7 cm. From “Frost and Defrost: A Work In Situ By Daniel Buren” Otis Art Institute Gallery, 2401 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California January 28 – March 4, 1979 Hal Glicksman, Gallery Director; Christopher D’arcangelo, Assistant to Daniel Buren Photography by Douglas M. Parker Studio, Los Angeles, California May 4, 2006, 2006
Chromogenic Print
23 5/8 x 23 1/2 inches (60 x 59.7 cm)