{"id":66824,"date":"2023-10-10T14:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T05:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fujifilmnxtc.wpenginepowered.com\/?post_type=xstories&#038;p=4228337"},"modified":"2024-05-01T22:32:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T13:32:14","slug":"gfx100-ii-a-lifes-work","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.fujifilm-x.com\/ko-kr\/stories\/gfx100-ii-a-lifes-work\/","title":{"rendered":"GFX100 II: A Life\u2019s Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed-responsive\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f4EJXldI5wA?si=Pc6Klzjys6Tr_fKA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>After four decades and five sold-out photo books, fine art photographer Cig Harvey\u2019s love affair with imaging shows no signs of slowing. Join her as she reflects on creative drives, elaborate processes, and a new project with FUJIFILM GFX100 II<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Few among us can surrender themselves to passion. Not fleetingly, but with both heart and mind, dedicating all the time permitted in this life to the exploration of a craft. It could be said that nothing is ever truly mastered, but icons of their respective mediums come as close as any will. For their efforts, they are awarded reverence, an experience molded by creation, and the status of legend.<\/p>\n<p>In the sphere of image making, Cig Harvey is one such figure. She has poured close to 40 years into the art form, shifting from commercial success to teaching, then seamlessly into\u00a0the exploration of her furthest creative depths.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fujifilm-x.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GLOBAL-CIG-HARVEY-4.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fujifilm-x.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GLOBAL-CIG-HARVEY-4.jpg\" alt=\"Flat lay of cake and fruit on white table cloth\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo 2023 \u00a9 Cig Harvey | FUJIFILM GFX100 II and FUJINON GF55mmF1.7 R WR, 1\/60 sec at F11, ISO 8000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><p>\u201cI feel incredibly lucky to have had photography as this constant in my life since I was 13,\u201d Cig begins. \u201cI would go every Saturday to a darkroom on Gandy Street in Exeter, UK. I loved everything about it: the smell, the camaraderie, making something from nothing, and the idea you could turn a box of paper and some chemistry into a stack of prints that are somehow a manifestation of how you feel inside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDecades later, I\u2019m in love with the medium more than ever. You have to be in\u00a0photography for a lifetime to do anything more than scratch the surface. It\u2019s such a deep well, and all it does is give and give. There are so many projects I still want to complete. So it\u2019s been a constant, and will always be a constant \u2013 I know that to be true.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fujifilm-x.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GLOBAL-CIG-HARVEY-2.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fujifilm-x.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GLOBAL-CIG-HARVEY-2.jpg\" alt=\"Long table covered in spilt fruit that has stained the white table cloth red\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo 2023 \u00a9 Cig Harvey | FUJIFILM GFX100 II and FUJINON GF55mmF1.7 R WR, 1\/100 sec at F11, ISO 1600<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><p>Having visually journaled her life, Cig\u2019s creative eye has been drawn back to the genre of fine art time and again. Four sold-out photo books stand as testaments to her skill and dedication, with another on the way. To her, it\u2019s a process built on purity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFine art only seeks to convey an idea, a thought, a gesture, a passion,\u201d she asserts. \u201cIt only gives, it\u2019s got no ulterior motive. It could be landscape, portraits, a documentary project \u2013 fine art doesn\u2019t mean to say you only photograph still life \u2013 but it\u2019s always the personal making of something you\u2019re concerned with in the world. Not necessarily concerned in a negative way. It just means: what do you care about? What do you love? What sets you and I apart? What are your obsessions? The work comes from that place.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fujifilm-x.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GLOBAL-CIG-HARVEY-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fujifilm-x.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GLOBAL-CIG-HARVEY-1.jpg\" alt=\"Flat lay of table cloth covered in spilt cake and squashed fruit that has stained the white table cloth red\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo 2023 \u00a9 Cig Harvey | FUJIFILM GFX100 II and FUJINON GF55mmF1.7 R WR, 1\/500 sec at F2.8, ISO 800<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><p>At the highest level, the process of creation is as considered as it comes. Striking a fine balance between spontaneity and meditative curation, Cig begins to piece a project together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always carry a small camera with me for journal making. If I see something that stops me in my tracks, makes me gasp, interrupts me, I make a picture of it. Then I bring that back to my studio and ask: what was there? Maybe it was color or gesture. Often it\u2019s the light. I\u2019ll put that image into a big folder with other pictures that are starting to interest me,\u201d the<br \/>\nartist notes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI might revisit those scenes in a different context or with a model. I\u2019ll craft my pictures, then I begin truly analyzing how all the images I\u2019ve collected relate to each other. One might be a found photo documented from a car window; another could be this worked idea, or more of a constructed image. But I trust the process so well that I know it will all reveal something about what I\u2019m concerned with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking into that somewhat secret language of art is wonderful,\u201d Cig effuses. \u201cIt\u2019s an extraordinary way to live because it opens up a way of communicating that is completely different from a verbal level.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fujifilm-x.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GLOBAL-CIG-HARVEY-6.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fujifilm-x.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GLOBAL-CIG-HARVEY-6.jpg\" alt=\"Cream-covered cake covered in strawberries and surrounded by more strawberries strewn on the table\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo 2023 \u00a9 Cig Harvey | FUJIFILM GFX100 II and FUJINON GF32-64mmF4 R LM WR, 1\/60 sec at F4, ISO 800<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><p>Preparation is another key consideration, in the selection of tools as well as broader means of elevating scenes. Having been dedicated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fujifilm-x.com\/ko-kr\/products\/x-series\/\">X Series<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fujifilm-x.com\/ko-kr\/products\/gfx-series\/\">GFX System<\/a> since their inceptions, Fujifilm cameras and lenses have become a trusted part of Cig\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI typically work with one camera and one lens at a time \u2013 to keep things simple,\u201d she reveals. \u201cFor that reason, I value great glass and the best-quality sensor I can carry daily. If you\u2019re intimidated by a camera, you won\u2019t use it enough. You\u2019ve got to bring photography into your life and find the system that suits you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I take props with me everywhere I go \u2013 perhaps a piece of clothing or, for this new project, cakes. I have it all ready so that, when the light is gorgeous or the fog rolls in, I\u2019ve got what I need to create an aesthetic. I try to experiment beyond my initial ideas, too. Typically, those are the images I end up responding to most.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fujifilm-x.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GLOBAL-CIG-HARVEY-5.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fujifilm-x.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GLOBAL-CIG-HARVEY-5.jpg\" alt=\"Flat lay of cake covered in strawberries on a cake dish upon a table strewn with squashed fruit that has stained the table cloth red.\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo 2023 \u00a9 Cig Harvey | FUJIFILM GFX100 II and FUJINON GF32-64mmF4 R LM WR, 1\/250 sec at F4, ISO 800<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><p>Centered around cakes, Cig\u2019s latest series draws life from her fifth book, Blue Violet \u2013 a natural evolution of interests, themes, and hidden meanings. It\u2019s been created with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fujifilm-x.com\/ko-kr\/products\/cameras\/gfx100-ii\/\">FUJIFILM GFX100 II<\/a>, which is itself built upon greatness. With the camera in hand, Cig has created a number of surreal, enchanting scenes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen my daughter, Scout, was very little, on a rainy day I would open the cupboard and she would start throwing everything into a bowl. The ingredients were relatively cheap, and she could bake them to stay occupied and creative. Then she fell in love with baking shows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s something democratic about cakes, right?\u201d Cig muses. \u201cMost of us have the ingredients in our houses. They\u2019re made up of simple things \u2013 flour, butter, eggs, and sugar \u2013 and I love that. Through inexpensive materials, you get access to something that feels luxurious and fanciful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fujifilm-x.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GLOBAL-CIG-HARVEY-7.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fujifilm-x.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GLOBAL-CIG-HARVEY-7.jpg\" alt=\"Long table in garden strewn with squashed fruit and cake that has stained the white table cloth\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo 2023 \u00a9 Cig Harvey | FUJIFILM GFX100 II and FUJINON GF55mmF1.7 R WR, 1\/100 sec at 6.4, ISO 1600<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><p>Soon, inspired by the free-spirited extravagance of a family friend, Scout\u2019s cakes began to become more elaborate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are the cakes I started photographing \u2013 carrying her labors of love delicately out into a snowstorm or any other landscape,\u201d Cig recalls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I started doing research on cakes that opened up a whole world of how, like the flowers in Blue Violet, they\u2019re seen as feminine \u2013 quite pretty \u2013 and yet have a complicated history. I love that dichotomy in art, where we think one thing and then discover it\u2019s not that simple. Cakes are complicated. Every culture, from ancient to modern, has their own version of cake. They\u2019re nationalistic, but also one of the first objects in our childhood we associate with pleasure and a breaking of routine. Many people personally associate cake with guilt, too, and they only became commonplace with the arrival of sugar \u2013 which is completely linked to colonialism. But everyone has stories around cake. People come to me now and tell me all their cake stories, and they\u2019re fascinating.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA brilliant friend of mine has just been diagnosed with vascular dementia,\u201d Cig continues. \u201cWhat she wants right now is pleasure, and she loves cake. I adore going to visit her because she eats the cakes I bring, licks the plate clean, and it\u2019s such a language of beauty. At the end of our days, beauty is the only language worth speaking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fujifilm-x.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GLOBAL-CIG-HARVEY-3.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fujifilm-x.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GLOBAL-CIG-HARVEY-3.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo 2023 \u00a9 Cig Harvey | FUJIFILM GFX100 II and FUJINON GF55mmF1.7 R WR, 1\/50 sec at F4, ISO 1600<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><p>While artistry comes before technical means during her process, the practical and creative benefits of GFX100 II were not lost on Cig throughout the sessions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always want the best kit to serve a purpose,\u201d she reveals. \u201cGFX100 II is lighter and more compact than its predecessor. The more detailed sensor is huge for me because, with my work, I print up to 40x60in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe quality of Fujifilm\u2019s digital image has always been delicious, but that quality is better than ever. I\u2019ve been looking at my files, zooming in, and thinking wow! We\u2019re at 400% and it\u2019s still dreamy. Also, because of the low-light conditions, I was at a higher ISO than usual and GFX100 II handled it exceptionally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI view a camera as a tool for ideas, so if a viewer is more focused on visual distractions than the content of the frame, that doesn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fujifilm-x.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GLOBAL-CIG-HARVEY-8.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fujifilm-x.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GLOBAL-CIG-HARVEY-8.jpg\" alt=\"corner of table strewn with squashed fruit that has stained the white table cloth red\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo 2023 \u00a9 Cig Harvey | FUJIFILM GFX100 II and FUJINON GF55mmF1.7 R WR, 1\/100 sec at F8, ISO 1600<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><p>Cig\u2019s final thoughts return to the heart of all imagery: bringing imagination to life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, the photo-making process happens in-camera. I treat the digital post-production space the same way I treated the darkroom. My job is to go and see the world, then bring back that picture of evidence. That\u2019s why I love Fujifilm\u2019s digital image \u2013 it\u2019s a mirror of what my eye is seeing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cig Harvey\u2019s upcoming photo book is an artistic exploration of time, light, color, and what it means to see. It will be available via Monacelli Press next year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fujifilm-x.com\/ko-kr\/products\/cameras\/gfx100-ii\/\">Learn more about FUJIFILM GFX100 II and read the full specifications here.<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After four decades and five sold-out photo books, fine art photographer Cig Harvey\u2019s love affair with imaging shows no signs of slowing. Join her as she reflects on creative drives, elaborate processes, and a new project with FUJIFILM GFX100 II Few among us can surrender themselves to passion. 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