Golden Gate Bridge, North Tower and Rocks - Alan Ross

In January of 1989, Alan got a call from an advertising agency asking him to make images of the Golden Gate Bridge for Bank of America. Having grown up in Sausalito, the first town on the north side of the bridge, he had no desire to photograph something so familiar and so over-photographed. The art director was insistent, though, and even sweetened the pot by giving him free reign to do what he wanted. His only instructions....convey a sense of strength and make images that he would put in his own portfolio of fine art work.

North Tower and Rocks was the first in the series of images Alan made for this project, and it remains his favorite. The foggy weather was perfect and setting up his 8x10 camera was easy, but it took him nearly 45 minutes to actually get the shot. The herring were running, and the sky was full of bloated seagulls. He finally got a moment of bird-less sky and clicked the shutter.

Limited Edition Prints signed and numbered in an edition of 100. Each darkroom silver gelatin print is made personally by Alan Ross, printed on Ilford Multigrade Classic fiber paper and selenium toned. Archival Pigment Prints are made on Canson Platine Paper with Alan’s personal printing profiles. Prints are mounted and over-matted on 4-ply or 8-ply museum board using the most current industry standards for archival permanence.

Sizes:

11 x 14 – Image size approximately 9 x 11.5 inches, over-matted to 16 x 20 on 4-ply museum board.

16 x 20 – Image size approximately 14 x 18, over-matted to 22 x 28 on 4-ply museum board

20 x 24 – Image size approximately 18 x 22, over-matted to 26 x 32 with 4-ply museum board

24 x 30 – Image size approximately 22 x 28, over-matted to 32 x 40 with 8-ply museum board

30 x 40 and larger – Archival Pigment Print over-matted to 40 x 50 on 8-ply museum board