Utrecht is my hometown and I am therefore charmed by the old Utrecht city centre. The most iconic part of the city centre is of course the Oudegracht.
On a beautiful day in spring, I went on a special photo trip to reflect my vision of the Oudegracht in my multiple images concept. My aim is to make a whole image of different locations that 'rings true' in the same way that my own memory of a trip is made up of images collected in my mind.
Intuitive process
I want to reflect this in my photographic form.
My panorama is made up of seven images, one of which is of the Nieuwegracht. This is because of the process I go into during the photographic journey: I photograph an image at a certain spot in the panorama frame. The other 6 spots are then left unfilled. I let my visual sense lead me to fill in the next spot from which - by the seventh image - a composition is created that is right and reflects my experience of the whole.
Origin of my image form
I have been experimenting with multiple photography since 1993. That is: from the experience of photographing, creating multiple exposures within a photographic framework. To work out this form in the best possible way, he constructs his own camera, which makes it possible to merge images from different locations and times into a new image. These images are therefore not digitally post-processed. The panoramas are created during a 'photo journey' in which Bob gives his impressions of the landscape their own place in a new context. The composition is created by reacting to the previous image to build up the representation.
Photographic artist Bob Karhof has been experimenting with the photographic medium since 1993. To make the most of this form, he constructs his own camera, making it possible to merge images from different locations and times into a new image. The panoramas are created during a photographic journey.. Read more…