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 Comentaries and Critics:
PATAGONIA
a voyage to the Southern Argentina through the panoramic photography
Book's Release
The person who encouraged me to take the determination to make the book was Javier Goliszewski, Cultural Area's Consul of the Argentine Consulate in New York.
Following the successful exhibition of my work at the Argentine Consulate in New York, in November 2001, during a conversation with Javier, he said to me: "Alberto, after this… the book." I remember his words were very touching for me and I felt they were a true recognition for my photographical work.
Thank you Javier.
The natural scenery of Southern Argentina, and particularly of Patagonia, is the ideal setting to be captured using panoramic photography.
Technically speaking, we can obtain wide images using either a subject in the foreground or just the scenery that unfolds before our eyes and in both cases these images reflect with absolute fidelity the surroundings to be captured.
An ordinary farm gate can acquire dimension and nostalgia when shown in its setting and ambiance.
The cattle spread out in the extended Pampa plains.
The image of thousands of sheep covering the side of a hill.
An enormous iceberg that broke off from the Upsala glacier.
Two Patagonian farm laborers in the foreground sitting astride their fully clad mounts.
And so on, fill the pages of my book from face to face.
One of the most interesting and impressing panoramic photographs in my book is the one of a forest by Lake Burmeister, in the F. P. Moreno National Park.
In that area, wind blows nonstop all day long, all year round.
At times, the wind blowing is so strong that it makes trees and their foliage vibrate, in constant movement.
To take a picture of the scene, I used a bag full of stones to hold the tripod and prevent it from moving. With Lucy, my wife, we held the camera and the tripod to keep them still and secure. I was eager to transmit such movements of nature in a panoramic photograph.
In Patagonia, the sound of the wind, the creaking of a glacier and the clatter of its icequakes will make us not only look at nature, but also hear it.
The prize awarded at the Contemporary Art Biennial Exhibition in Florence, Italy, the exhibitions in USA, México and Spain and in Buenos Aires, have all contributed to strengthen Javier Goliszewski's words for me to make the book. After lengthy and hard selection work, 82 panoramic photographs were chosen to be published and constitute a book which, because of its characteristics, consists solely of panoramic photographs and negatives 6,9cm long.
A true voyage through Southern Argentina and particularly through Patagonia.
An index indicates the title and location of each photograph.
And, at the end of the book, a travel album shows that in addition to the magnificent sceneries of nature, we may enjoy the warmth, candor and kindness of the people of Patagonia who at all times make us feel at home.
Alberto Gandsas
In the 50's of the XVIth century Brueghel traveled to Italy...When Brueghel returned from Italy, he painted the so called "world landscapes", in which the observer appeared as if he could put a bird's spread wings straight away around the whole world.
From this new sight evolved the conception of the picture of the spacious landscape - turning in form of panorama into a wide-angle perspective - which also Alberto Gandsas set out to follow up.
He no longer used any goose-quill and bister as means for the creation, but photography.
He gives the landscape the character of the "wide world", where the observer must start all over again if he wants to understand himself and his relationship with nature.
Dra. Veronika Birke
Vice Director of the "Albertina Collection" Viena. Austria
Most panoramic photography looks at the immenseness of nature with the same awe, or fear, of the Romantic painters, who first sought out these subjects.
Alberto Gandsas presents an extraordinarily personal vision.
His lens is an eye that takes everything in, from a gigantic glacier to an interminable lake, and contains it within the horizontal format that he, Gandsas, has created.
He admires, even love, Creation, but he does not fear it.
John Spike
Art Historian and Critic
Director of Florence Biennale, Italy
Gandsas has deep acquaintance with the descriptive power of his camera frame and displays with depth the landscape´s elements. A constant of personal rhythm and contemplative melody enhance his subjective contribution, making the presence of the artist a standing out match to the exceptionality of the medium.
Consulate General of Argentina. New York. USA
Press Release
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Alberto Gandsas
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Buenos Aires Photo 2010
27 - 31 de October
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"Palais de Glace"
Buenos Aires-Argentina
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PATAGONIA
la mirada serena
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