This book is a softcover book, a compilation of Larry Bean's photography. This book includes images from the Larry Bean Photography at Art House Cinema and Pub exhibition.
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About Larry Bean
Larry Bean is an Landscape Architect with a soft spot in his heart for fine art black and white photography.
Nearly 50 years ago as he began his education in Landscape Architecture there were a couple of semesters of photography in the art department taught by Howard Huff. Although he often had a camera in hand it was Howard who taught us to love and appreciate the elegant art of black and white photography. He has been so grateful for this excellent professor and the impact he has had in Larry's life by way of the enjoyment of photography as art. As taught by Huff, the end result of a satisfying image was always the goal, but he also learned that whole process from seeing the image, the satisfying sound of the shutter release, the development, dodging and burning and finally the magic of seeing the image appear in the developing tray were all part of the appreciation as well. And, of course through this entire process the images of our heroes of the day such as Adams and Weston were in his minds.
Although Landscape Architecture took over as his primary creative outlet, he has always enjoyed the black and white fine art photography of others. Now there is a camera in his hand again, although digital this time. The magic of the dark room is no longer part of the journey, but the lessons learned in the darkroom and the excitement of seeing an image come into existence is still there in electronic processing. In fact, considering the post processing control of tonal values and ability to print black blacks and white whites, he is convinced that if they were still alive the likes of Ansel Adams and Edward Weston would have led the charge into digital photography.