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Spirit
of Spring, Painting with Light Projection Photography
with Kodachrome Transparencies by John Neville Cohen,
The Magic Lantern, reversal film images.
'Spirit of Spring' is one of John Neville Cohen's best known
'Painting with Light' photographs. The first time 'The London
Salon Trophy' (a much coveted International Trophy for
artistic photography) had ever been awarded for a colour
photograph was in 1967. Presented to John Neville Cohen for
his creation 'Spirit of Spring' he was also the youngest
member ever to have received it. Created using projection
photography and Kodachrome transparency film, the image
combines a positive portrait with a negative tulip on the same
emulsion, by using two projectors aimed onto the same screen,
which is then photographed, without digital manipulation, or
darkroom effects.
This photograph
is an example of his unique technique, using only light and
film to create special effects, even on colour reversal
film! Developed by John Neville Cohen using his own 'Magic
Lantern' projection methods that allowed everything to be
seen in the viewfinder before exposing the film.
See 'The Magic Lantern' described techniques
"Indeed,
since the photographic image is made by the action of
light, truth to light is truth to the medium of
photography! All John Cohen's photographs are made, simply
and solely, by the use of light. His magic is the magic of
the luminous, his poetry is that of the chiaroscuro. The
attractions of his work is all the greater for the purity
of the photographic technique, and its appeal all the more
universal for being couched in an imagery common to all
men and intelligible to all."
Sir George F. Pollock Bt., M.A., F.R.P.S., F.R.S.A. (Past
President of The Royal Photographic Society).
National
Science and Media Museum Bradford,
West Yorkshire BD1 1NQ
NSMM Research Library Book database.
Reference: 770.05.COH
Author: Cohen, John Neville Title: Painting
With Light By Projection Photography: Pure
Photography Using Light & Film Self
Published,
Description: Essay and references to the
pioneering technique developed by John Neville
Cohen, which enabled the creation of 'Spirit
of Spring', the first ever Kodachrome
transparency that had both a portrait and a
negative image of a tulip, on the same
emulsion.
"regarded as one of Britain's most original
photographers."
The Times.
"A
woman's face was exquisitely metamorphosed
with the cup of a yellow tulip - a Femme -
Fleur Picasso might have perpetrated had he
taken to photography." Arts
Revue.
This
photograph was created by John Neville Cohen using
his Painting with Light projection photography
techniques and Kodachrome transparency film. The
image forms part of his International award-winning
portfolio of analogue photographic special
effects.
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