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Young Mr. Lincoln



Robert's wife Ingela Sheer writes: My stovepipe hat-attired husband
 and I visited President Abraham Lincoln the night after his
 birthday (hence, the wreaths). During this 90-second exposure,
 Robert stood perfectly still in front of the statue for one minute.
He then exited the frame for the last 30-seconds allowing the
the light from the bottom of the statue to shine through
his now-empty silhouette on the negative.
As always, there's no Photoshop and no multiple exposures in my
husband's work; it's just performance-art and nighttime photography. He uses
4x5 film and an old-fashioned view camera that even Lincoln would recognize.

Lincoln in a Roma Frame (3 feet by 4 feet)

Robert writes: As I exit the shot, my body doesn't blur on the negative  because
I'm wearing black and I keep moving.  Black is the absence of light and the
negative only records light so I can move out of the shot invisibly like a
magician performing to the camera.

For any questions, call Robert Kawika Sheer at
(888) 371-4955
or locally (310) 398-1899
 or e-mail Robert@SheerEntertainment.com

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