That Gull-Dern Moment Tacoma 1979 Today's Coolphoto 01/01/2024
A man jumps from a wooden ladder. Paris, France. 1932. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
The stars passionate photographers orbit are stunning moments at the peak of action, and no photographer is more revered than Catier-Bresson for his one shot of a man stepping off a flimsy ladder spanning a big puddle of water. The guy just seems to hang in the air, black sillohette in fedora and rain coat, not on the ladder, and not in the water. Cartier-Bresson quotes Cardinal de Retz in the preface of his book: “There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment.”
The shores of the Salish Sea where I have lived my life are home to raucous Glaucous-winged Gulls, ubiquitous, hungry, and fearless around eateries and garbage cans. They are large creatures and easy subjects for everyone with a camera. Everyone has a shot of these great dinosaurs, and no single shot is worth spit, except for one leaping from a piling at the decisive moment.
That Gull-Dern Moment Tacoma 1979 Today's Coolphoto 01/01/2024
©2024 Christopher Petrich
Thanks to you my good friends for fifty years of professional photography and twenty five years of online success with Coolphoto.com! I am at the end of my retail sales career and am closing up shop by the end of this year. I will continue to post new work on Coolphoto, in the form of members-only galleries and Today’s Coolphoto blog posts such as this.
I am sending selected original photographs to the Christopher Petrich Collection at the Northwest Room of the Tacoma Public Library, and I am creating new bound volumes of selected pieces under my Coolphoto imprint. I have four titles in the pipeline to add to the three volumes already published: A Complete Guide To The Lighthouses on Puget Sound Including Admiralty Inlet (ISBN: 978‐0‐9744775-0-8), Dreams (ISBN: 978-0-9744775-1-0) and The Beach At Fox Island (ISBN: 978‐0‐9744775‐2‐7). Each new title will be issued in very small editions of 100 or fewer copies.
For those with questions about my original works, or anything else for that matter, please send me a message. I’d love to hear from you!
NEW PHOTOGRAPHY, BEAUTIFUL AND ORIGINAL
Most Editions are small, 5 and under. I’ve been at this a very long time and I have hundreds of vintage silver collectibles. I’m always taking pictures in Tacoma, of Tacoma people. The best images, on the best paper, in small editions, from a Tacoma photographer, of Tacoma.
Vintage prints are made within a year of the photographs create date. My usual practice is to print within a few days or weeks of exposure. What you see is a scan of the actual print that is for sale. Price does not include shipping or taxes.
Please note that vintage prints are imperfect. They’re old, after all. If you’re worried about it, bring it up. I’ll do my best to answer your questions.
Vintage - When I print the photograph within a year of the original exposure, that becomes a Vintage Print.
Archival Pigment - When I print in my studio using computer technology with pigmented inks on acid and lignin free paper, I call that an Archival Pigment Print.
Silver - When I print in my darkroom on gelatin silver paper, that is a Silver Print. These prints are double weight on a cotton fiber base.
For a private viewing of my current work, call 253 961 7147 to reserve your place on my calendar.
