Above Zero Jonathan Elderfield when I saw a dog

when I saw a dog coming toward the car I would pre-focus the camera and set the exposure

a sometimes visceral

" - Gilles Favier

and group photographs of conventioneers

between approving one printing form and waiting to see the next

Above Zero Jonathan Elderfield when I saw a dogFirst edition of Above Zero by Olaf Otto Becker (2009). First impression. Medium format hardback in near fine condition. Please see photos for reference. About Becker's photographic studies reveal the overwhelming beauty of this ice covered landscape while at the same time documenting the existential threat to it, for even here, in this completely uninhabited region, human influences have fatal consequences dust and soot in the air form black, crusty