†soil and sheep

†soil and sheep, 2015
80.3×26.5 cm / 31.6× 10.4 in
Archival Giclee Print

霧の中、ぼんやりとした陽光が描いた頭の黒い羊の風景を伝統的な写真の作法に則り制作をしました。ですが重要な一点、つまりアスペクト比について「伝統的な写真の作法」に異議を呈示しております。写真のアスペクト比は工業製品の規格（もちろん規格の美、という美しさもありますが）によって決定されており、美への要求によるものではありません。構図、被写体、その光景がもっとも美しさを実現できるアスペクト比で制作されるべきだと考えております。

丹野徹 | 靖山画廊

This work captures the image of a blackhead sheep, lit by soft sunlight through fog, using traditional methods of photographic reproduction. However, I have included an objection to traditional methods in one important area – aspect ratio.1 Usually, aspect ratio is not defined by the pursuit of beauty but by industrial standards (although those standards do of course take beauty into account). I believe that the aspect ratio chosen should be the one that achieves the greatest beauty for the scenery pictured.

1 Aspect ratio
In photography, aspect ratio is the proportional relationship between the width and height of a single image. A variety of aspect ratios exist, ranging from square frames to widescreen. Traditionally, 35 mm film cameras had a built in aspect ratio of 3:2, while video cameras were made to fit square TV frames and used an aspect ratio of 4:3. With the advent of digital cameras, it became possible to choose freely from multiple aspect ratios with the use of a single camera. Such freedom would not have been possible with traditional photographic methods.