Landscape
Maui, Hawaii
2019
First Light from the Air
From the field
At first light the green cliffs of the Maui coast fall straight into the Pacific, the low sun raking across the ridges while surf breaks white on the rocks far below. This is the view from a helicopter with the doors off, out over the water. We had started before dawn to be in the air when the light arrived, and the early hour showed in the cold; with no doors between me and the drop, the wind came straight through the cabin. I was strapped in tight, leaning into the open frame as the island unrolled beneath us in folds of green and shadow. The sun stayed low enough to catch the haze lifting off the slopes and turn the whole coast gold for a few minutes. From the ground you never see the island like this, the cliffs and the sea stacked into a single frame.
Jonathan Gardner
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Open edition · Printed on demand. Not numbered.
Printed as a pigment giclée on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, a cotton fine art paper finished with a barium sulfate coating in the tradition of classic darkroom prints. The image is laid down with Epson UltraChrome Pro pigments, six colors and three shades of black, at 1,440 dpi, and the baryta surface pulls blacks to a depth few papers reach. Shadow detail stays readable, contrast holds, and color sits with real density.
My glossy prints carry the saturation and bright surface of a photographic finish. The baryta does something closer to the darkroom: a cotton sheet with weight and tooth, a restrained shine rather than a hard reflection, and the depth that comes from ink meeting a barium-coated fiber. It carries no optical brighteners, so what looks right on the wall today still reads true years from now. For an animal photographed in low light, where the frame lives or dies in its blacks, it is the surface I trust most.
Specifications
Paper: Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, 100% cotton, 315 gsm Finish: baryta, high gloss with a distinct texture Black density: Dmax 2.6, with no optical brighteners Process: pigment giclée, Epson UltraChrome Pro, 1,440 dpi White border: optional, adjustable from roughly 0.4 to 4.7 inches Sizes: up to roughly 118 x 41 inches (300 x 105 cm)
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A portion of every print sale supports conservation partners connected to the places and species in Jonathan's work. Read where the funds go
All sales final. No returns or exchanges.
Every print
- Printed on demand
- Every open-edition print is made to order. Not numbered.
- Shipping included
- Carefully packed and shipped worldwide. Shipping is included in the print price.
- All sales final
- Due to the custom nature of our prints, they cannot be returned or exchanged once an order has been placed.
