civilized ku #2516-17 ~ I am a square, she's a square
Friday, May 24, 2013 at 11:35AM 
iPhone Photography ~ Lunenburg, Nova Scotia / Canada • click to embiggen
Photo gallery / shop ~ Lunenburg, Nova Scotia / Canada • click to embiggenDuring our first day in Lunenburg while driving down the main street, a poster in a storefront window caught my eye. It should go without writing that my attention was garnered by the square pictures with black borders. Nevertheless, it wasn't until our last day in the Lunenburg vacinity that we were walking past the window and I looked inside only to notice more square pictures presented 3×3 in a single frame.
The story/gallery was closed but, as luck would have it, a man came down some stairs and I knocked on the window and he let me in. After a very brief explanation of my interest in square pictures, he stated that he was not the picture maker. In fact the picture maker was a woman (his wife, I believe) named Mariette Roodenburg.
I was escorted up to the second floor where a gallery occupied the entire very large space. Most of the works on display were of Mariette's making and in short order she came down from her third floor studio (more of a print making studio than a picture making studio), introduced herself and we proceeded to have a nice long chat. Our chat focused on art/aesthetics and nary a word about cameras / gear or technique with the exception of a brief explanation about how she was able to print - with exquisite detail, tone and color - some of her Land Squares pictures on uncoated Japanese rice paper (she pre-treated the paper with an ink-retaining coating).
When all was said and done, it was a real treat to see the work of fellow-traveler, square picture wise.
Reader Comments (1)
same sensibilities in graphic design as well. Colors and treatment of text on the left image looks like it could have been done by you.