Title: First Light
Photographer/s: Luca Antonucci
Daniel Small
Date of publication: Spring 2011
Place of publication: New Jersey
Dimensions: 8″ x 10 1/2″
Edition: First Edition of 50
Type of binding: Blind Embossed Black Verona Book Cloth, Single Sewn Signature
Number of pages: 24
Type of paper: Mohawk Superfine
Number of pictures: 12 Color Images / 4 Single Color Separations
Type of printing: Digital
Printer: Canon Imagepress v7000
Publisher: Conveyor
Editor: Jason Burstein & Christina Labey
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-9834183-0-6
Category: Artists Book
Price: $30.00
Summary: Recently, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field imaging system unveiled the deepest portrait of the visible universe ever achieved by humankind, that reveals the first light from 13.5 billion years ago. The exposure lasted for eleven and a half days and is, as far back as any human eye has seen to the origins of the universe. The transmission of this information, involved decoding and compositing it using a Near Infrared Camera, and a Multi object Spectrometer to gauge the distance, as well as corresponding color information. This instrumental mediation resulted in both a map, and an interpolation of light waves from 13.5 billion years ago into their
corresponding spectrum of color with red representing the furthest light, and blue representing the closest light.
In the spirit of mirroring the color separation and compositing process that corresponds to the distance of the light from Earth, a deconstructed CMYK screen-printing process is employed resulting in five prints, one for each of the color channels and one that is composited. This ultimately breaks the image down by revealing each layer of light that corresponds to an ancient time that no longer exists in space, other than in the light particles that are now being used to image the past. This process contours the original images information by seeking to de-contextualize and access what is hidden within the first light particles’ information and not within the aesthetics of the resulting composite image. The images become reciprocal dialogues revealing multiple truths both in their form and in the mechanics of their production. Much like scans of an MRI, the images reveal privileged views of cross sections within each layer, but also guard us against ever seeing the whole picture.
Date and place of birth of photographer/s: California, USA
Website: www.conveyorarts.org
Book link: http://conveyorarts.org/first-light/
Donated by: Conveyor Arts
iPL Notes: Received at the New York Photo Festival 2011.
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