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Pro photographer Gerald Donovan isn’t really content with the Instagram level of quality you and I might be fine with. “I…use what is quite simply the best digital still image equipment money can buy,” writes Donovan, referring to his collection of Rodenstock lenses, ALPA cameras and Medium Format Digital Back. Of course, you and I could buy this same equipment and never get Donovan’s results; to see some examples of what 40 years of shooting experience brings, check out these attachments of his awesome Burj Khalifa Collection at: http://05.ae/The%20Burj%20Khalifa%20Collection/index.html#Lightning_full.jpg

The globular panorama, by the way, was just made public yesterday to Gizmodo; Donovan had previously Photoshopped out the Burj itself for aesthetic effect, but decided to throw it back in. (You can see the Burj-free version at: http://gizmodo.com/5979456/the-first-panorama-from-the-pinnacle-of-the-highest-building-in-the-world.)

Ironically, while most photographers are happy to have us publicize their digital shots, Donovan may or may not be; sometime last year he realized his top-of-the-line equipment produces images no monitor can do justice to.

“…In mid 2012 I made my first print from the new medium format camera system and had an epiphany. It is simply not possible to convey the quality achievable with this camera system digitally. Nothing compares to seeing these images in print. So, I made the decision to cease sharing small digital representations of the images I had created.”

Donovan is now selling prints in very limited editions—we’re talking low single digits of each image, then they’re off the market—and in very large sizes; Donovan’s printed in sizes exceeding six meters. “Very few people will ever have one of these prints on their wall,” he writes. “And you’re going to need a big wall.”

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About me [Gerard Donovan]

I’m not really one for “artist statements”, or referring to myself in the third person. So if you think that kind of thing is important when it comes to enjoying someone’s photographic work, my apologies – you’re in the wrong place. What follows is a brief explanation as to how this site has come about.

I’ve been taking photographs on and off for almost 40 years. Starting off with a little Kodak 110 camera; working up through Canon SLR film cameras such as the A1 and T-90; trying out the digital world in 1995 with the first consumer LCD digital camera – the Casio QV10; and from there, I made the move to Canon DSLRs.

In 2012, I sold all my Canon gear in order to help fund the acquisition of a Medium Format Digital Back, ALPA cameras, and Rodenstock lenses. I now use what is quite simply the best digital still image equipment money can buy. I also shoot large format 4×5, 5×7 and 8×10 film.

In the past, I have shared a lot of images online. My work has been featured on hundreds of websites and in countless print publications over the last few years.

And then, in mid 2012, I made my first print from the new medium format camera system and had an epiphany.

It is simply not possible to convey the quality achievable with this camera system digitally. Nothing compares to seeing these images in print. So, I made the decision to cease sharing small digital representations of the images I had created.

The prints I now offer are very large, and very exclusive.

One image – not presented here because it was a one-off created exclusively for a very special client – has been printed over 6 meters wide.

The prints are in extremely limited editions – “regular” images are only available in an edition of 5, whilst the panoramas are only available in an edition of 3. Very few people will ever have one of these prints on their wall.

And you’re going to need a big wall.

Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoy [my] site at: http://05.ae/About.html