ナショナルジオグラフィックさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ナショナルジオグラフィックInstagram)「Photos by @richardbarnes | In 2012-2013 I was commissioned by National Geographic to photograph Civil War reenactments. For this undertaking, I worked with a large-format camera and wet-plate process, similar to what was used by Alexander Gardner, Mathew Brady, and Timothy O’Sullivan, when they documented the war in the 1860s. It was the first major conflict to be thoroughly documented through photography. Camera technology was still in its nascent stages, and photographers in the field worked with bulky, unwieldy equipment, long exposure times, and fickle chemistry. These restrictions often made it impossible to photograph in the midst of conflict, which is why many of the images from this period are of camp life and the aftermath of battle. By photographing reenactments, I got as close as I could to what it must have been like on the battlefield. Eventually, after having photographed numerous restagings of battles, I found myself drawn to the artifacts of our contemporary times (high-tension wires, automobiles, spectators) in relationship to the faux battles. I also began to look at famous photographs from the war and restage them. Alexander Gardner’s “The Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg" (1863) is one of the most famous images from the war. Gardner, it turned out, had staged this photograph, dragging a soldier’s body to a more photogenic location before taking the exposure. By restaging a staged photograph, I'm adding one more layer to the historical tableau. #richardbarnes #civilwarhistory #civilwarreenactment #wetcollodion」2月11日 9時41分