6x6 two

6x6

A Quarterly Swiss CHapter eMagazine

Inside 6x6 two

EDITORIAL

Richard N Tucker ARPS

The landscapes that we show in our photographs are only versions of what was before us at the moment of pressing the shutter. We select by framing a scene, modify through shutter speed, sensitivity, aperture. We alter the image in post-production whether analogue or digital. But most of all we shape that landscape through ourselves, by our choice of a view, a moment. We make that vision personal.

There is no such thing as an object landscape. All are in some way interior landscapes particular to the individual photographer. This second edition of 6x6 did not set out to have a theme, but that is what we got from our contributors. Michael Qvortrup isolates elements, small movements to represent a larger context. Sergio Figliolia presents a stark, empty world of suburban Rome. A landscape we create reflecting our society.

The vast stretches of the Sahara or the searing light of White Sands, become miniatures; patterns of light and shade, with few indicators of scale, through the eyes of Urs Haeberli. The converse is to be found in the aerial photographs of Ulrich Ackermann. Large views of rivers and mountains in the Arctic begin to look like abstract designs. Neil Dodd’s landscape is filled with colour and a sense of movement even when he has captured a bird or animal. Everything is about to change, the season, even the plants. The object view is personalised. Jill Taylor’s winter landscape is also a very personal reaction to the patterns man has made in the Jura which are brought out by the snow.

Your views on 6x6 are most welcome.

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THE SIX

MICHAEL QVORTRUP - The Essential Element

SERGIO FIGLIOLIA ARPS - Outskirts

URS HAEBERLI - Middle of Nowhere

ULRICH ACKERMANN - Arctic Images

NEIL DODD - A New Journey

JILL TAYLOR LRPS - Jura Winter

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A SELECTION

From "The Essential Element", Michael Qvortrup

From "Outskirts", Sergio Figliolia

From "Middle of Nowhere", Urs Haeberli

From "Arctic Images", Ulrich Ackermann

From "A New Journey", Neil Dodd

From "Jura Winter", Jill Taylor

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6x6 two

June 2021

Publisher: The Royal Photographic Society, Swiss Chapter

Editor: Richard N Tucker ARPS tucker42@bluewin.ch

Editorial Assistants: Urs Albrecht LRPS, Rob C Kershaw ARPS

Design & Layout: Timo Lehto contact@timo.photo

6x6 three will be published September 6 2021, at 3:00 AM CET.