Further thoughts on Colour Field Painters: Franco Fontana
In my post regarding the work of Frank Bowling and colour field painters, I referred to this image which I had made in Spain before starting this course.
At the time I made that image I had seen the work of a landscape photographer whose name I have been unable to remember and whose work I have unsuccessfully tried to research. However having recently looked at the learning log of another student, I found reference to the photographer, Franco Fontana, and have realised this is the photographer whose work I had seen and which influenced this image.
Images such as these he made in Italy show strong abstract-like landscapes with large blocks of vivid colour. The result is very similar to the images made by the colour field painters I have referred to previously.
During my trip to Spain I made a number of images in response to this idea.
Andrew Procter 
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