Shoebox Conversations: Scott Tansey
Welcome to Shoebox Conversations. Our Shoebox PR team, Kristine Schomaker, Sheli Silverio and S. Vollie Osborn, are meeting up with artists via Zoom to discuss their art practice, new work, upcoming exhibitions, and more.
Please meet Scott Tansey
I have been taking photos as a serious pursuit for over 40 years. I became hooked on the panoramic format in 1977 when I purchased a 6 x 17 camera. Panoramic views are wide views, but not wide-angle images. A panoramic image is described as an image where the longer side has an aspect ratio of at least 2:1. Most of my images have a greater aspect ratio than 2:1. Since then, I have concentrated on the panoramic format. In the early 1990’s, I started submitting panoramic images to a stock agency, Panoramic Images. My photos have been published in a wide range of media, including annual report covers, Consumer Reports and Audubon Magazine.
Although I have been taking photographs for over 40 years, all the images on this website have been created since 2010. That year I purchased a medium format digital camera. I discovered that could make images with that camera that equalled or surpassed the images that were created with my 6×17 analogue camera. Furthermore, I am able to control the entire process from image capture though the print; while in my analogue days, I was able only to control the image capture. Also, I became more productive with the digital camera than I was with the analogue cameras. I could experiment more. Not all of my experiments were successful, but a great percentage were. This allowed me to grow as a photographer.
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