Everyone’s doing it.
What kind of lab do you want? For those of us that still shoot (lots!) film, our relationship with our lab is critical. Handing over your film to someone else is like handing your child to a stranger. I’ve gone to several labs in the city, but I was never 100% happy with any of them.

A couple of months ago, on a recommendation from a friend, I started going to Lightside/LTI. My friend had recommended I speak to Jeffrey Kane when I got there. Jeffrey came out and was super friendly, explained all the services/pricing, etc. But beyond that, it seemed like he really got it. Not sure what it was, but he just had something different than most lab people.

It’s been several months now, and I couldn’t be happier. There have been no mishaps, no lost film, no late orders, nothing weird. And Jeffrey is always a pleasure to talk to. I guess you could sum up his relationship with customers with an email he sent me the other day after a quick conversation about some of my personal projects:

Hey Emiliano,
Here’s a few new-ish magazine links you may or may not be aware of:
http://www.foammagazine.nl/
http://www.gupmagazine.com/
http://www.deardavemagazine.com/
http://www.layflat.org/
Talk soon,
jeffrey kane

I don’t know about you, but I’ve never had my lab care about my development as a photographer or care about what obscure art mags I read! I thought that was pretty awesome. Further proof of Jeffrey’s radness, is that he also sponsors the Women in Photography Lightside Individual Project Grant.

So swing by LTI/Lightside and say hi to Jeffrey. Tell him I sent you.

And here’s a photo from Erika Larsen who won the WIP/LS Project Grant:

Tags: Emiliano Granado, Film Processing, The nicest things ...

Fall is in the air and it feels like everyone is out and about again all at once (thankfully!). As always, there’s a long list of must-see exhibitions … and yet, is there ever enough time?

While you’re out looking, allow us to point out three projects that we worked on over the summer. When taken together, the work of Sebastiaan Bremer, Talia Chetrit and Lawrence Beck create an interesting overview of what’s happening in photography right now.

Do yourself the favor and stop in to spend a moment at the galleries in person. We think you’ll find it well worth the effort. All three shows run through mid-October.

Wildflowers
Lawrence Beck
Sonnabend
September 10 – October 17, 2009

Lawrence Beck: Alpine Wildflowers: Daisies 3, 2008
60 x 78 archival pigment print, dibond mount

Reading
Talia Chetrit
Renwick Gallery:
September 12 – October 17, 2009

Talia Chetrit: Spectrum (detail), 2009
19.75 x 14.5 archival pigment print, opaque white plexi-glass mount

Panta Rei
Sebastiaan Bremer
Bravin Lee programs:
September 17 – October 17, 2009

Sebastiaan Bremer: Swiss Crown, 2008
31.5 x 47.25 digital c-print, ink

Tags: Archival Pigment Printing (Inkjet), Bravin Lee Programs, Digital-C Printing, Exhibitions, Film Processing, Lawrence Beck, Mounting, Renwick Gallery, Scanning, Sebastiaan Bremer, Sonnabend Gallery, Talia Chetrit

After Color
Bose Pacia Gallery
July 8 / August 21, 2009

Curator Amani Olu (Humble Arts Foundation) “examines how artists employ conceptual black + white photography to strengthen their ideas and how such usage comments on the dominance of large-scale color photography as seen in the contemporary art world over the last 25 years”.

Talia Chetrit:Gradient Tool #1, 2009

Michael Buheler-Rose: Edition, 2009

Lightside and LTI provided conventional black + white printing, mounting and framing services for Talia Chetrit’s photographic Gradient Toolseries and framing for Michael Buhler-Rose’s mixed media Editionseries.

Tags: After Color, Amani Olu, B+W Silver Gelatin Printing, Exhibitions, Framing, Humble Arts Foundation, Michael Buhler-Rose, Mounting, Talia Chetrit

Triptych
Sebastiaan Bremer
James Fuentes
May 5 – June 28, 2009

In Fuentes’ words, Triptychis “a masterwork in its scale, technique and inverted syntax”. Three individual panels measuring 38″ x 78″ each make up Triptych, a virtual collision of modern representational methods, old master influences and the artist’s personal history.

Of particular interest here is an unusual chance for the viewer to scrutinize Bremer’s ink and paint application technique unobstructed as these large scale panels are presented without framing or glazing. Triptych represents over two years of research and production. The base of this piece is a backlit portrait of the artist’s son in profile. The original negative was scanned and imaged on digital c-print material and mounted on (3) 38″ x 78″ dibond panels. Bremer then interpreted Rembrandt’s The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds in various ink mediums and acrylic paint directly onto the surface of the original prints.

Sebastiaan Bremer: Triptych, 200938 11/16″ x 78 11/16″ acrylic, ink, digital c-print

Lightside and LTI have been working with Bremer on various projects since 2007. You can see additional images of Sebastiaan in his studio during the production of multiple pieces, including Triptych, by clicking on the image below.Bremer recently completed a commission for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Solo exhibitions have been held at Barbara Thumm, Berlin; Hales Gallery, London; Air de Paris, Paris and Gemeentemuseum, The Hague. His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Victoria & Albert Museum, The Zabludowicz Trust and The Rabobank Collection, among others.

Sebastiaan Bremer working in his studio, 2008

Tags: Digital-C Printing, Exhibitions, James Fuentes LLC, Mounting, Scanning, Sebastiaan Bremer

Drinkability
Meredith Danluck
Renwick Gallery
May 29 / July 25, 2009

Danluck made the photographs in Drinkability over a two year period and refers to the series as “American portraiture of the contemporary west”. Lightside and LTI scanned over 20 original negatives and imaged them as digital c-prints and archival pigment prints in various sizes ranging from 11 x 14 to 40 x 60.

Meredith Danluck: American Portrait, 2009

Tags: Digital-C Printing, Exhibitions, Meredith Danluck, Renwick Gallery, Scanning

Jason Martin wants to be a punk rocker
Jason Kraus
Renwick Gallery
April 17 – May 16, 2009

Opening night: Jason Martin wants to be a punk rocker, Renwick Gallery 4.10.09

The exhibition “Jason Martin wants to be a punk rocker” at Renwick Gallery is the first collaborative effort between the Los Angeles based artists, Jason Kraus and Martin Kersels. The exhibition includes kinetic sculpture, video, drawing and of course, photography. Kraus and Renwick contacted Lightside / LTI directly for assistance in producing over 10 digital c-prints from digital capture files which depict the aftermath of a destructive punk rock performance. The artists have paired the digital-c prints in a series of diptychs with drawings. You can see more images from the show here.

Renwick Gallery: Jason Martin wants to be a punk rocker

About LTI-Lightside:

 LTI / Lightside Photographic Services offers fine art and commercial photography clients the complete service of organizing and overseeing all stages of processing, printing and presentation in an informed and efficient manner.

Our clients include fine art and commercial photographers, galleries, museums, art consultants, curators, collectors and publications who need their visual presentation concerns expertly prepared for exhibition, reproduction or sale.

Tags: Digital-C Printing, Exhibitions, Jason Kraus, Renwick Gallery