Unfortunately I began providing images for record covers when vinyl had been long considered extinct. So I had to accept the small size of the final print on the cover of a CD. That is, until now. Luckily, audiophiles have recently re-discovered vinyl as a valid format for good sound, and though for practical reasons I probably won't become another vinyl geek, I am certainly grateful for the sheer size of the album covers.
ECM,
Mobile Fidelity,
Tacet and now
MA recordings have decided to release special items as 45rpm high quality pressings.
Todd Garfinkle gave me the opportunity to use their first vinyl release (Será una noche) as a medium for a quite oldish (or should I say vintage) picture of mine, taken in 1991 in Mendoza, on the way to a skying trip to Las Leñas. One of my first "serious" photographs, taken with a Canon T-90, I had the original Agfapan 100 film scanned on a Hasselblad rotary scanner and spent hours restoring the negative. When I first showed a fiber-based print I struggled hard to accomplish to my friend and mentor,
Oscar Pintor, he encouraged me and remarked the bold composition of this early picture. That was 22 years ago!
Besides this, I am also happy my photograph is used to illustrate a recording of
Pedro Aznar's voice. I have listened to Pedro since the Seru Giran era through the years with the
Pat Metheny Group to his solo projects. Hope you enjoy it.
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