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Memories of David Hamilton

One year has past since our last video with pictures of Max, chosen by the great master of light David Hamilton.

Without any question Max can be seen as the successor of David. He constantly tries to perfect his style and invents new techniques, enriching the genre of romantic photography.

From time to time Max showed his pictures to David Hamilton who gave his critique.
In this video meant to honor the death annual of David we have put some of the finest photographies of Max, rated as very well done by David himself.

The premiere of the video will take place tonight on 19:00 CET on the youtube channel of the Atelier Stolzenberg.

 

 

We want you to draw your attention especially to the following picture in the video.

It has been done by Max in a way that it almost looks like a painting.
We can assure you that no filters, neither analog nor digital, have been used to shoot this picture!
Just a simple analog 35mm camera, a single manual focus lens and the talent of Max and the beautiful jeunes filles as well as the beautiful light of south France created this picture.

This new technique was developed by Max and discussed with David just before his death.

This and all other photos of the new video are available from us.
For prices and sizes please go here.

It is no secret that Max often uses his old Minolta SRT-101 or X-700. This cameras are just the same camera that David used during the time he directed Bilitis and later in the mid eighties.

You can see it here (Minolta SRT-101).

And here (Minolta X-700).

 

Here is an old Minolta advertising from a french magazine from Max’s collection.

A picture of Max, using his beloved Minolta X-700 during a recent photo shooting in south France.

We also encourage you to visit the site of Olivier Mathieu who brought together the most complete archive of information about David Hamilton. It is really worth to be read.

 

This pictures shown on our site can be purchased as personally autographed and dry stamped prints (limited to 300 worldwide) from us.

The prices for the different sizes can be seen in the shop.

Simply write to Bilitis to place your order. She will help you through the ordering process.

Max uses only analog cameras and genuine film for his artwork.

 We wish you a lot of pleasure with Max Stolzenberg’s amazing photography.

 

 

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Max Stolzenberg – The Polaroids Part I

In 1972 American physicist and industrial Edwin Herbert Land (1909-1991) introduced the SX-70 camera to the world.
From 1951 to 1954 Land was also president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

The SX-70 camera was the first one to use integral film and made it possible to shoot and develop pictures in literally no time without the hassle of separation film.

Polaroid film has always fascinated all kind of artists from Andy Warhol to Helmut Newton and last but not least the true master of light David Hamilton.
On one occasion David told Max an interesting story about his meeting with Edwin Land.
Edwin had sponsored David with all kind of camera equipment and films, especially SX-70 film and cameras.

David showed Edwin his pictures, but when it came to the nudes his face dropped and as David said with a smile “That was it with Edwin Land. I didn’t get any sponsoring any more.”
You have to know that Edwin was a strictly religious mormon!

Despite that little anecdote David went on to use SX-70 film for some of his beautiful photos until his death in 2016.

Max is a big fan of integral film too. He always carries his 1974 SX-70 Land camera with him. The subtle low fidelity feeling, the muted colors and the artistic potential of this film are just magic.

 From today we want to feature his Polaroids with a new series of clips on our YouTube channel.

 

All pictures can be purchased as personally autographed and dry stamped prints (limited to 300 worldwide) from us.

The prices for the different sizes can be seen in the shop.

Simply write to Bilitis to place your order. She will help you through the ordering process.

 

 

 

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Homage to David


Today is the death anniversary of one of the most controversial photo artists in modern time, David Hamilton.
Possibly also one of the most misunderstood and wrongly accused artists ever. If you want to learn more about all this we invite you to read the Blog of Olivier Mathieu who has the most profound knowledge about David Hamilton. His site also gives you an insight into the art of this true master of light.

To celebrate this day Max has asked us to publish a clip with photos as a homage to David Hamilton. They express Max’s thankfulness to David who helped him a lot to perfect his talent through his critique. Max used to regularly show his pictures to the grand master of light and some of the photos can be seen as exercise pieces of a student honoring the art of his master. All pictures presented in this clip have been picked out of Max’s portfolio by David Hamilton himself and have been rated as very well done.

Max chose “L’heure bleue” from Francis Lai, who also wrote the music for David Hamiltons Film “Bilitis”, to accompany his pictures.

 

 

This pictures can be purchased as personally autographed and dry stamped prints (limited to 300 worldwide) from us.

The prices for the different sizes can be seen in the shop.

Simply write to Bilitis to place your order. She will help you through the ordering process.

Max uses only analog cameras and genuine film for his artwork.

 We wish you a lot of pleasure with Max Stolzenberg’s amazing photography.

 

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